Preservation of underutilized fish biomasses for improved quality, stability and utilization

The aim of PROFIUS is to address challenges in the supply chain related to lumpfish (roe and carcass) and tuna side-steams by developing preservation solutions for maintaining quality and improving utilization of the entire biomass. Improved preservation methods will be developed to enhance quality and shelf life of lumpfish roe and thereby reduce waste. A major bottleneck for success of further utilization of the side-stream from tuna is their short shelf life. PROFIUS will study the processes responsible for the chemical and microbial deterioration of these side-streams and develop strategies to prevent them. Furthermore, PROFIUS will look into new applications of lumpfish and tuna side-streams including logistics and development of gelatin extraction processes for lumpfish and development of fish feed based on tuna side-streams.

This project has received funding from the European Union´s Horizon 2020 research programme under grant agreement 817992. Danish partners (DTU and Royal Greenland Seafood) has received funding from Innovation Fund Denmark (Grant agreement 036-00005B).