Technology for products of commercial value from crustacean’s seafood processing discards
Technology for products of commercial value from crustacean’s seafood processing discards
Date
2020
Authors
V, Renuka
K, Elavarasan
TK, Anupama
Joseph, Toms C.
CN, Ravishankar
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Publisher
MPEDA Newsletter
Abstract
Seafood is known as good source of easily digestible protein with balanced essential amino acids, lipids with
the composition of therapeutic and essential fatty acids, mineral and other micronutrients enriched with
biologically beneficial elements. The seafood industry provides both food and livelihood to the millions of
people and ensures the food sovereignty of many countries across the continents. In India, 14.5 million people
were directly or indirectly depends on fisheries activities. China and India together account for more than 45 %
of global fish production and in Asian region alone both the countries contributed about 74% and 25% of global
exports (FAO, 2018 & COMTRADE UN, 2017).
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Keywords
waste generation, digestible protein, environmental pollution