Fisheries activities produce large quantities of non-recycled wastes all over the world. In Mexico, shrimp commercial captures and cultures generate high quantities of non-used heads. It is calculated that these wastes reach up to 32,000 annual tons and only 5% is converted in shrimp meal. In the present work we...
The fish wastes are generally dumped or discarded causing environmental pollution and off odours. However, they represent large resources that are currently underutilized. The purpose of this study was the lactic acid fermentation of three sources of fish wastes: Shrimp by catch (SC), Sphyraena ensis wastes (SB) and mixture of...