CONTENTS 



Introduction 1 



The krill resource 2 



Distribution 2 



Magnitude and potential yield 2 



Harvesting feasibility 2 



Political and international pressures 2 



Locating and harvesting krill : 4 



Natural restrictions 5 



Financial assistance 5 



Processing technology 5 



Composition 5 



Protein 6 



Fat 6 



Vitamins 6 



Minerals 6 



Calorific value 6 



Chitin 6 



Autolytic degradation of whole krill 6 



International efforts and food product forms 6 



U.S.S.R 7 



Japan 7 



Chile 7 



Federal Republic of Germany 8 



Poland 8 



Argentina 8 



United Kingdom 8 



Norway 8 



Taiwan 8 



Byproducts 8 



Marketing 9 



National accomplishments 9 



Market research and economic analyses 9 



Possible problem areas 9 



Krill resource 9 



Harvesting krill 9 



Processing technology 10 



Marketing 10 



Conclusions 10 



Literature cited 10 



Figure 



1 . Distribution of krill in the Southern Ocean 3 



Table 



1. Proximate composition of whole Euphausia superba: Summaryof literature values 5 



