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Studies on the Indian sardine oil

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Title Studies on the Indian sardine oil
 
Creator Kamasastri, P V
 
Subject Fish Nutrition
Oil sardine
 
Description Sardines along with other Clupeids comprise nearly 20% of the total catch
which is roughly one million tons per annum. Among the sardines the
oil sardines {Sardinella longiceps) form the most important group along
the West Coast and the fishery spreads over October-March. During the
heavy seasons the bulk of the catch is utilized for the manufacture of fish
oil and fish guano. The correct assessment of the oil production is not
possible as it is manufactured by the private merchants all along the coast.
A rough estimate is possible from the oil sardine landings. The approximate
percentage of the extractable oil from fresh sardines is 5%. The general
method which has undergone very little improvement since its inception
which dates back as far as forty years (1921) consists in boiling the fish with
water in large iron pans over open fire and pressing the boiled mass in coir
bags with the aid of vertical screw presses. The liquid is drained into settling
tanks which are interconnected at top and bottom for the separation of oil
and water. The separated oil is stored in tins or tanks until it is finally
exported. The oil so prepared is mostly used for painting boats and for
tempering steel. The versatile uses of the fish-body oils and their products
have not assumed much importance in India, due to its uncertain quality
and the non-availability of the good oil.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1960
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1968/2/Pages_from_Article_11.pdf
Kamasastri, P V (1960) Studies on the Indian sardine oil. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 7 (2). pp. 443-447.