Acronym NA
Category
Seafood Processing
Title Development and testing of technology and processes for removing thick fish bones in mackerel fillets Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Alexander Krokedal Rønnevik Coordinator email alexander.ronnevik@pelagia.com
Coordinator institution
NA
Institutions involved
NA - Baader Norge AS (Norway) ,
NA - Marel Norge AS (Norway) ,
NA - Møreforsking AS (Norway) ,
Start year 2020 End year 2023 Funding (€) € 778,732 Website https://www.fhf.no/prosjekter/prosjektbasen/901579/ Summary Around 80,000–120,000 tonnes of round mackerel are sent to China each year to produce boneless mackerel fillets. Here, the fish is thawed, hand-filleted and thick fish bones are removed manually with the help of cheap labour. The finished product is frozen again for re-export to the large markets in Japan and Korea. The supply of mackerel fillets without thick fish bones is increasing in both Japan and Korea due to greater demand for such products. In order to be able to further develop Norwegian production of mackerel fillets, the removal of thick fish bones is therefore a decisive factor for success. Due to high labor costs, Norwegian producers must use suitable technology and methods to remove thick fish bones. Such solutions do not exist for mackerel and must be developed, or adapted to the mackerel fillet.
Main goal:
To develop a technology/process to either remove thick fish bones in the mackerel fillet or make the bones soft enough that you don't feel them. The technology/process will improve profitability in processing mackerel fillets and will provide a larger product range (boneless fillets and marinated mackerel fillets).
Sub-goals:
1. To develop technology that can remove thick fish bones from at least 45 fish per minute.
2. To implement the technology in Selje and similar pelagic consumer factories.
3. To build, test, measure/analyze, document and demonstrate the technology as an industrial pilot in Selje.
4. To develop a process for chemical softening of bones in fillets with a capacity of around two tonnes per hour.
5. To implement the process in Kalvåg and corresponding pelagic consumer factories.
6. To develop, test, measure/analyze, document and demonstrate the process in Kalvåg.
7. To develop cost-effective packaging for packing mackerel that has been chemically treated.
8. Testing and optimizing the packaging must be tested to achieve a low incidence of breakage.
Keywords
Fish products;
Process efficiency;
Fish;
Mackerel;
Engineering;
Prototype;
Packaging;
Food quality;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
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