Acronym NA
Category
Seafood Processing
Title Automated and efficient processing of small haddock, pollock and cod 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 institution
NA
Institutions involved
NA - Lerøy Norway Seafoods AS (Norway) ,
Start year 2022 End year 2024 Funding (€) € 1,072,665 Website https://www.fhf.no/prosjekter/prosjektbasen/901779/ Summary Small sizes of whitefish have for a long time been a profitability challenge for the Norwegian whitefish industry, and are today a commodity that is sold at a loss. For the land industry, it is ideally desirable to have a production fish that is in the order of 1–6 kg, as this raw material gives the best yield and product mix, and a size sorting that gives a high degree of processing.
Fish under 1kg is a raw material which, given today's equipment and technology, is difficult to fillet. At the same time, the market price for whole fish of this size is so low that it often provides a negative margin contribution. In practice, this means that this fish size is sorted out at the lowest possible cost and the application is made accordingly. Collectively, this also means that catches with too large a proportion of small fish are not attractive to buy from fishermen/fishing vessels.
For cod, the catch of fish under 1 kilogram is spread over large parts of the catching season, while for both pollock and haddock there is a clearer season for fish under 1 kilogram. Improving the application will not only depend on a single machine or solution, but will require a holistic approach to the application of the raw material.
Performance target:
To develop and test an efficient production line for gutting and filleting small haddock, pollock and cod
Sub-goals:
• To develop a design for the entire production process from raw materials to finished products, including the use of residual raw materials.
• To document efficiency, yield and quality for the chosen solution.
• To document the best frozen and fresh product mix for the individual fish species based on the quality of raw materials.
• To describe the best possible sorting solutions for residual raw material.
Keywords
Byproducts;
Product development;
Fish;
Haddock;
Cod;
Process efficiency;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
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