Waste management has been identified as a major problem
which will threaten the economic security of Florida's seafood
industry within the next ten years (1). One of the primary
concerns is treatment and disposal of solid wastes resulting from seafood processing.
Utilization of scallop viscera as silage, much like that
developed for waste fish and fish offal (3,4), could represent a practical solid waste treatment option which offers the additional benefit of a protein feed supplement for production of swine. (27pp.