Utilization of offal from the fish industry

The main objective of the project is to utilize fish viscera from landed catch. The aim is to establish a innovated company to produce fertilizer from viscera. Presumed by-product is raw fish oil. In the world usage of fish viscera as a fertilizer has a long background. In the first part of the last century it was common to spread fish viscera on hayfields in Iceland. Fish viscera is suitable as a organic fertilizer for potherbs and for other plants. Research have shown that nitrogen content in fish viscera is more effective than nitrogen content in synthetic fertilizer, where large part vapourizes from the soil. The fish viscera are more effective, where the elements are bound to organic compounds and are released slowly into the soil.

Employee

• Ásbjörn Jónsson
  Project Manager
  Tel.: 422 5017

Research field

• Value Chain, Processing and Aquaculture