UMass Dartmouth, Iceland partner to maintain fishery

DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has established a partnership with the Republic of Iceland to advance marine science and marine-related biotech research and commercialization, the university announced Aug. 8.

Representatives of Iceland visited southeastern Massachusetts in 2015 to display and demonstrate some of the products Iceland is making utilizing the parts of fish that might typically be discarded in New England, SouthCoast Today reported.

The result is 95 percent utilization of cod, said the announcement.

According to Brian Rothschild, dean emeritus of the UMass Dartmouth School for Marine Science and Technology, the products being manufactured can include cod fish oil and leather pocketbooks made with fish skin.

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Utilization of fish waste in New Bedford to make fish meal was curtailed decades ago after complaints about odor; Rothschild said today’s technology almost eliminates that. •

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