Ressources

Science interns at the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute have developed a way to extract valuable fish oil from fish waste, and they are also making decorative flowers from fish scales.

The importance of markets in reducing food loss and waste (FLW) in the aquatic food value chains
25 February 2023
25 February 2023
Fish is an important source of protein, fatty acids, and vitamins, but is highly perishable and easily susceptible to spoilage, especially under hot climate. Markets and their functioning play an important role in reducing FLW...

Ready To Eat Fish Bones in the Name of Sustainability?
23 February 2023
23 February 2023
A Finnish food tech company believes it has a way to get up to 60% more food out of a fish by using the hard tissues in a sustainable and presumably tasty way.

Skin Deep
02 December 2022
02 December 2022
It’s estimated that the equivalent of 10 million tonnes of fish is wasted annually. And accounting for between 3 and 8% of every fish, the skin is a structural material that’s full of protein and...

How can we stop wasting fish? - EIT Food
17 November 2022
17 November 2022
Every year the global fishing industry creates over 20 million tons of byproducts, the majority of which are wasted. Instead, the industry needs to look at these wasted products as a valuable protein resource.