8 B u s i n e s s p l a n | F i s h m e a l a n d f i s h o i l p r o d u c t i o n Product descr ipt ion FISHMEAL PRODUCTION PROCESS The illustration of fishmeal and fish oil industry value chain is presented at figure 5. Figure 5. Fishmeal value chain The production process can roughly be described in three steps: 1. Fishing and landing raw materials 2. Inspecting, cleaning and cooking fish at about 95 ° Celsius. This process helps sterilize the fish as well as separate out proteins and oils. 3. Squeezing the cooked fish to free most of the remaining liquids, then drying the material. Dried material – this is a ready to sell fishmeal. PRODUCTS OUTPUT The effectiveness of the processing of fish into fish meal is enhanced by the associated production of fish oil. After processing of raw materials, we have following output of the production: about 25% fish meal and 12.5% fish oil. Fish oil is directed for the purification for human consumption and fish meal is sold as a finished product. With less output of fish oil, it is more expensive that helps to increase overall profitability of the production.
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