Mining products from shrimp processing waste and their biological activities

Aquatic foods constitute a major portion of the protein supply in the world. Seafood (fish, crustaceans, mollusk, etc.) supplies have increased gradually at an average rate of 3.2 percent per year during the period 1961-2009 (FAO 2012). Interestingly, food fish supply growth outpaces population growth (at annual rates of 2.6% and 1.6%, respectively). Mass production of seafood by maximizing fish capture and aquaculture largely contributed to the escalation of fish food supply. Among other regions, Asia and the Pacific were taken into account as the world’s largest producers of fish. Both regions supplied 94.2 million tones, including 47.9 million tons from capture fisheries and 46.3 million tons from aquaculture (Lymer et al. 2008). Indonesia is currently the fourth largest producer of capture fisheries with over 6.2 million people directly engaged in fishing and fish farming.