Protamine and collagen: two value-added products from louisiana seafood processing facilities

摘要

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has estimated that by 2025 global aquaculture will provide more than half of the world's seafood supply. Now it is about 35 percent to 40 percent. With a growing industry comes growing waste. Louisiana seafood processors alone generate millions of pounds of aquatic-based food processing waste annually. Disposal of fisheries waste in Louisiana is a huge problem. Many processing facilities have a waste load of 1 million to 2 million pounds per year.Current disposal rates in the New Orleans area are 30 dollar per ion, and a large plant may spend 2,000 dollar to 3,000 dollar per month in disposal fees. Several local landfills have already refused fisheries wastes because of the nitrogenous runoff that may be produced and the contamination of their truck weighing scales.