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MARINE PRODUCTS OF COMMERCE 



pepsin can be prepared from the stomach of salmon and bile acids have been 

 prepared from the gall bladders. 



While all of the above mentioned products and many more have been produced 

 from salmon waste in the laboratory, nothing has been done as yet to convert lab- 



FLESH PORTION 

 APPROX: 70% OF FISH 



avert 



DIGESTIVE TRACT 



FATS JCro OILS 



Food, Baking, Cos- 

 metics, Soaps, Chenv- 

 ical Inius tries, 

 and Paints, Hydro- 

 genated Fats for 

 Cooking and Baking, 

 Fatty Acids 

 Lipids 



Lecithin for use in 

 Chocolate, Cosmetic? 

 Margarine, Soap and 

 Baking Industries. 

 Antioxidant for Oils 

 and Fats 



Cholesterol 



Cosmetics and 

 Pharmaceuticals 



WASTE PORTION 

 APPROX: 30^ OF nSH 



BY-PRODUCTS 



Vitamins A and the 

 B Complex. 

 Use in Feeding and 

 Phaxmaceutical s 



HORhCNES 

 .Insulin, Sex Hor- 

 mones, and Medic- 

 inal and Pharma>- 

 ceutical Use 



Animal Feed, Prep^ 

 of Protein Hydro- 

 lysates and Anino 

 Acids for MedicinaJ. 

 Use and Growth 

 Media for Produc- 

 tion of Antibiotics, 

 Food Flavorings 



\ 



MEAL 



Animal Feeding and 

 Fish Hatchery Food 



ENZTMES 



Use in Medicine and 

 Industries such as 

 Preparation of 

 Leather, Pickling, 

 Juice and Jelly, 

 Beer 



MISC. ORGAKIC 

 CCKPOUMDS 

 Xan thophyl , Caro- 

 tene, Astacin, 

 Xanthir.e, Camosine, 

 Taurine, Betaine, 

 Choline, Creatine, 

 Creatinine, and Bile 

 Acids, Use in 

 Synthetic Organic 

 Checistry and Medi- 

 cine 



(.Courtesy U. S. Department of Commerce) 

 Fig. 36-1. Potential utilization of salmon cannery waste. 



oratory methods into full-scale commercial production. Until commercial produc- 

 tion for these products is accomplished, the salmon waste problem in Alaska will 

 not be solved. 



A chief diflBculty in the utilization of these products is the separation of the 

 various valuable organs so that they can be used. No doubt, as the importance of 

 the complete utilization of this resource is impressed upon the industry, mechanical 

 means will be devised to effect an economical method of separation. In this way 



