Did you know that almost half of scallop parts never makes it to land?
Fishermen usually shuck their catch at sea, meaning that the shell, roe and viscera are discarded overboard.
Scientists at the University of Rhode Island, USA have been exploring ways to turn these by products into marketable commodities.
One option is using the viscera in hydrolysate form in aquafeeds to enhance flavour and stimulate growth. Trials on flounder and European sea bass showed that the vsicera performed well in terms of weight gain and feed consumption.
The next hurdle is to develop scallop viscera as a commercially viable feed ingredient.
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A ship fuel spill in the Marshall Islands has killed fish at a farm in Majuro.
Despite a clean up opertaion by farm workers the petrol leak killed some fish.
The Marshall Islands Environmental Protection Authority is investigating the spillage but at present it's not known which vessel the fuel came from.
Petrol leaks from ships are common in the Marshall Islands and endanger both wild and farmed fish populations.
Read more...
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Fishermen usually shuck their catch at sea, meaning that the shell, roe and viscera are discarded overboard.
Scientists at the University of Rhode Island, USA have been exploring ways to turn these by products into marketable commodities.
One option is using the viscera in hydrolysate form in aquafeeds to enhance flavour and stimulate growth. Trials on flounder and European sea bass showed that the vsicera performed well in terms of weight gain and feed consumption.
The next hurdle is to develop scallop viscera as a commercially viable feed ingredient.
Read more...
A ship fuel spill in the Marshall Islands has killed fish at a farm in Majuro.
Despite a clean up opertaion by farm workers the petrol leak killed some fish.
The Marshall Islands Environmental Protection Authority is investigating the spillage but at present it's not known which vessel the fuel came from.
Petrol leaks from ships are common in the Marshall Islands and endanger both wild and farmed fish populations.
Read more...
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| Scallops have up to 100 simple eyes (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
