Abstract: A process for producing a high quality protein fish meal from whole fish, including trash fish, either on board ship or on shore, by using an appropriate proteolytic enzyme which liquefies the fish in a digester equipped with high speed blenders, liquefying the fish by heating in the digester, pasteurizing the liquid fish so that the liquid can be stored under refrigeration for several weeks without spoilage, screening the bones out, and centrifuging part of the oil, if necessary, then drying it.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 9, 1980
Date of Patent:
September 20, 1983
Assignee:
Marvin Dudley
Inventors:
George A. Jeffreys, James F. Tobey, Jr., Jean L. Price