Lack of stability of the market prices is even more critical for small-scale
producers, such as the Inuit owned Nunavik BioSciences Inc. The
Inuit coastal communities in Northern Quebec and Labrador rely
heavily on commercial catch of the Northern shrimp, Pandalus
borealis Kreyer (Pandaladae). Finding an alternative income stream
from previously discarded by-products presents an attractive
opportunity for this sector as the head, shells and tails (by-products)
constitute approximately 50% of the catch