Consumers Want More Catfish With Their Catfish
August 9, 2023 | 1 min to read
The article discusses how the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is assisting small commercial catfishing businesses, where over one-third generate less than $25,000 annually, to enhance their profits. By transforming fish bones, previously seen as waste, into bone powder, the ARS is helping these operations increase profitability, improve nutrition, and promote sustainability in their products.
Adding Bone Powder to Breading Mix Increases Profits, Nutrition, and Sustainability
Commercial catfishing is big business in this country, but nearly 7 in 8 of those operations are considered small businesses; more than one-third have annual revenues of less than $25,000. The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is trying to help them reel in more profits.
One of the ways they’re accomplishing that goal is turning what was once considered expendable – the fish’s bones, or “frames” – into value-added inventory.
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