Development and evaluation of prediction equations for NIR instrument, measuring fat in Atlantic Salmon (salmno salar ) fillets, using multivariate methods.

• Main Author: Kristjánsson, Ólafur
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås 2012
• Subjects: VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920; VDP::Technology: 500::Food science and technology: 600; Slaughter; Atlantic salmon; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/186355

Knowledge of fat in salmon is extremely important to salmon breeder and the whole salmon industry. By monitoring fat in salmon fillet, huge amount of money will be saved. Several methods are available to determine fat in salmon fillets. Stofnfiskur Iceland decided to buy the NIR instrument Qmonitor...