Whole fish will yield approx. 20-25% fishmeal.
Aquafeed diets vary in the amount of fishmeal and oil anywhere from 10%
fishmeal up to approx. 50% fishmeal.
And to anticipate the next question, most of the fish caught to produce
fishmeal are considered industrial and not suitable for food use (too small,
too bony or too oily and caught in very large volumes).
Hope that gives you what you need.
Tony Bimbo
----- Original Message -----
From: "McGee Family" <fishman@trump.net.au>
To: "Seafood Processing LIST" <seafood@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2000 6:02 PM
Subject: Fish Meal
| Can someone give me an idea as to the general ratio:-
| FISH--FISH MEAL--FISH Pellets
| That is, raw wild fish to fish meal to feed pellets for aquaculture
| purposes.
| Mike McGee
|
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