Bangladesh is diverse in marine fish species but lacking of mono-species fishery in large
quantity to be used as raw material for a particular product (Nowsad et al., 2004).
Individual catch size of small meso-pelagic/pelagic species like small sea catfish,
jewfish, skipjack tuna, jwelled shad, horse mackerel etc. is too small to run a sustainable
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product line, but their mixed lot can make a significant volume to produce any value
added product. Blending of different fish minces often produce low quality products
because of interactions of proteins, lipids and enzymes of different origin and nature.
Therefore, a mechanism should be developed first to improve the gel quality of such
blended mince before going to manufacturing any value added product from it.