Addition of acids: Martinez and Gildberg (1988)
reported on the rate of Anchovy tissue degradation
during storage with reduced pH. The fish were stored in
sea water at 1°C with the addition of lactic/acetic acid
or propionic acid to lower the pH to 5. After a storage
period of 35 h, they found that lactic acid was effective
in reducing the percentage of belly bursting by half
from 19-10% as illustrated