332 páginas.-- José Ramón Fuertes ... et al.This project aimed to the development of the research and the technology necessary to promote
higher added value to fishing activity. This is to be achieved by obtaining profit from a finfish species
(“Rockcod”, Patagonotothen spp.) not known to consumers and currently discarded by the EU
fishing fleet operating in the South West Atlantic, in order to supply the EU seafood industry with a
good quality raw material for human food manufacturing. Use of this species, caught as a by-catch
in the existing fisheries targeting hakes and cephalopods, should also increase the profitability of the
fleet, contribute to maintaining employment and help to counterbalance the negative effects of
fishing activity and discards in the ecosystem. The main scientific-technological objectives and
expected achievements were the following:
- Description of the fisheries
- Improved knowledge of the biology of the species
- Biomass assessment
- Estimation of catches and discards
- Analysis of the spatial and temporal distribution of the resource. Fishery forecasting and testing
- Sensorial, Microbiological, Nutritional and Biochemical Evaluation of Rock cod
- Development of the technical modifications on board commercial vessels
- Development of new processed products from frozen Rock codContract number Q5CR-2002-71709Peer reviewe
