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Tilapia Product Diversification

Product Type: Fisheries – tilapia
Stage: Production & Harvesting, Processing & Packaging, Distribution & Market, Consumption
Problem: Waste during production of harvested tilapia food fish parts
Solution: Diversify tilapia food fish production forms with new and value-added products, create markets and/or meet market demand(s)

  1. Production & Harvesting, Processing & Packaging: Examples of tilapia product diversity and waste reduction, other food products are derived from these basic production outputs.
    Product Type Yield
    Whole-round 98~100% Subject to fish size
    Gilled & gutted 84~86% Subject to fish size
    Regular-skinned fillet 33~36% Subject to fish size
    Deep-skinned fillet 31~34% Subject to fish size
    Product Type Yield  
    Whole-round 98~100% Subject to fish size
    Gilled & gutted 84~86% Subject to fish size
    Regular-skinned fillet 33~36% Subject to fish size
    Deep-skinned fillet 31~34% Subject to fish size
  2. Production & Harvesting, Processing & Packaging, Distribution & Market: Current production and processing flow to minimize waste with HCCP standards.
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Source: Dr. Fu-Sung Chiang, National Taiwan Ocean University, Chinese Taipei