My Foodsaver vacuum packer is one of the best purchases I have ever made (I purchased mine about 10 years ago and it's still going strong). I pulled out a side of Sockeye I smoked last July and the quality was at least 95% of the day I packed it. I freeze smoked and fresh fish and it outlasts any other packaging method substantially in my opinion. All fish that I can't eat in 5 days gets a foodsaver bag and goes to the freezer. Freezer-burn is a distant memory!