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Should you kill a fish before putting it on ice?

Asked: Mackenzie Petrie, Last Updated:

It is definitely better to quickly kill them and get them under ice. If you put them in the cooler alive they will slowly suffocate over several minutes. As their blood oxygen goes down their metabolism will switch to anerobic glycolysis which will release, among other metabolites, lactic acid.

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