The Juneau Economic Development Council (JEDC) recently completed a two year project investigating utilization of Salmon by-products including, but not limited to; fishmeal, bone meal, fish oil, fish hydrolysate and compost.

Through a cooperative effort, (JEDC, Southeast Conference, Department of Environmental Conservation with partial funding from ADF&G's Southeast Sustainable Salmon Fund and the private sector) we have explored various methods and technologies as well as worked with Alaskan entrepreneurs, which can lead to economically viable means of utilizing "salmon wastes". An example of one of the innovative private sector endeavors is Juneau based Alaska Protein Recovery, which has launched into a large-scale by-product utilization enterprise.

Project Results/Publications

The project resulted in the following studies, which benefit Alaskan salmon fishermen, processors, the business community and governmental agencies by providing solid economic information for value added salmon byproduct utilization.

Salmon byproduct utilization - a primer - 2003-2004 View PDF (876K)
By Craig Wiese/Steve Grabacki and JEDC

Southeast Alaska Value Added Salmon Byproduct Project View HTML
Original scope of work By JEDC

Alaska seafood by-products: potential products and markets and competing products - June 2003 View PDF of executive summary
For a copy of the full report, please contact us.
Report on by-product markets by Tony Bimbo

Salmon offal utilization options, costing spreadsheet - 2003 Download Excel File (116K)
Interactive costing spreadsheet for various disposal methods (e.g. dumping, compost, meal, hydrolysate) by Kirkhill Consultancy (Chris Pook)

Omega-3 fatty acids in health, nutrition, and disease: Future U.S. market considerations - 2003 View PDF (176K, 12 pages)
By Dr. Robert Katz and Dr. Joyce Nettleton

Quality assurance systems for liquid fish protein processing - July 2004 View PDF (112K, 6 pages)
By HACCAP consultants

Nutraceuticals Scoping Study - October 2004 View PDF (1.5 MB)
Nutraceuticals Market characterization with respect to prospects for Alaska Salmon by-products by Dr. Peter Perna

Fish and wood compost View PDF (3.6 MB)
February 2005. Marketing salmon waste and underutilized forest products as soil amendments JEDC (Erik Stewart)

Are Salmon-Derived Products Suitable for the Development of a Biotechnological and Biopharmaceutical Industry? View PDF (288 KB)
February 2005 Salmon derived products for biotech By Dr. Robert Katz