Background Seafood processing activity causes production of considerable amount of
waste/by-products and discards, resulting in negative economic and environmental impacts …

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 …

Texture is one of the food quality attributes affecting the consumer's acceptability and the
market value. Fish and shellfish undergo weakening or softening of muscle, particularly …

Textural quality of fish and shellfish is the most important factor because it limits consumer
acceptance as well as market price. The muscle softening or mushiness of fish and shellfish …

Commercial fishery processing results in discards up to 50% of the raw material, consisting
of scales, shells, frames, backbones, viscera, head, liver, skin, belly flaps, dark muscle, roe …

Proteolytic activity of crude protease extract (CPE) from the hepatopancreas of fresh water
prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) was studied. Optimal activity of CPE was found at pH 7 …

BACKGROUND: Fresh water prawn in Thailand is widely consumed due to its delicacy.
During postmortem handling and storage, prawn meat becomes soft and mushy, probably …

Shrimp waste is an important source of astaxanthin, which occur as a complex with proteins,
and protein isolates as well as carotenoids are known to possess antioxidant activity …

Studies were carried out to utilize in situ proteases of shrimp heads to recover
carotenoproteins possessing antioxidant activity. Highest protease activity of the buffer …

This chapter summarizes the current and potential treatment methods for fish waste and
treated waste uses by means of informative flow diagrams, tables and the inputs and outputs …