Turning processing discards into high-value compounds for the food, medical, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical sectors.
That’s the focus of Marine Institute (MI) researchers who are examining cost-effective and environmentally sustainable ways for fishing and aquaculture industries to maximize the use and value of so-called “waste.”
Some examples of discards are chitin from shrimp shells, polyunsaturated fatty acids from farmed salmon and collagen from sea cucumbers.
Dr. Deepika Dave, a research scientist with MI’s Centre for Aquaculture and Seafood Development (CASD) leads a team of technologists, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows at the centre’s bioprocessing research unit.
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