Fish industry waste: treatments, environmental impacts, current and potential uses

• Published in: International Journal of Food Science & Technology
• Main Authors: Arvanitoyannis, I. S., Kassaveti, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: animal feed; biogas; environmental impact; fish waste uses; input and; output of fish processes; GEL-FORMING PROPERTIES; SCREENED DAIRY MANURE; CONSUMER RETAIL BEEF; LIZARD FISH; FROZEN STORAGE; ANAEROBIC-DIGESTION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSATE; ATLANTIC SALMON; WATER-QUALITY; SHRIMP WASTE; Food Science & Technology; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11615/25878; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2621.2006.01513.x

Fish waste management has been one of the problems having the greatest impact on the environment. Fish farming detrimental effects on the marine environment in particular have become an issue of public concern. In European Union, numerous Directives, Decisions and Regulations were voted in an attempt to minimise the environmental impact of fisheries within the frame of Integrated Coastal Management. Treated fish waste has found many applications among which the most important are animal feed, biodiesel/biogas, dietic products (chitosan), natural pigments (after extraction), food-packaging applications (chitosan), cosmetics (collagen), enzyme isolation, Cr immobilisation, soil fertiliser and moisture maintenance in foods (hydrolysates). In this review, an update of both environmental impact (inputs and outputs) and treated fish waste uses is provided by means of six comprehensive tables and seven figures.