Transcript 07 Tuna by Products

Tim Pickering
SPC
SPC/IFREMER Seminar on fish waste utilization
June 11th 2012, Nouméa, NC
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Definitions:
 If tuna parts are being used for human food,
then it is not a “waste”
 The likelihood of making alternative products
from tuna by-products decrease if they are
being used for human food
 One of three strategies to provide fish for food
security is to have more of the oceanic
fisheries catch landed and consumed
domestically (Fisheries and CC Workshop)
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Regional example: Fiji
 Tuna heads
and skeletons
are sold in
Suva
supermarkets
for human
food
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Fiji tuna heads
 There is meat inside
it, and it is cheap
(FJD 2.50)
 But there are cold-
chain issues that
need to be
addressed
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Fish dust (saw meat)
 Even the fish dust
can be sold for
$1.00, as pet
food
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Solomon Islands - soltfish
 Reject tuna that is
too low grade for
export processing is
sold in markets
locally as “soltfish”
 These ones were
SBD 40 or about SBD
8 per kg
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Soltfish
 The quantity of solt
fish in Honiara
recently was 4x the
quantity of fresh fish
 There are health
issues – not fresh,
and high in salt
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Conclusion
 Tuna by-products already make a contribution
toward food security in the Pacific
 Interventions are needed to ensure that the
by-product intended for human food is treated
as a PRODUCT
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Conclusion:
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