The aquacultured fish was feed
twice a day with commercial feed containing 40% of crude protein
and 12% crude fat until they had average weights of 0.7070.03 kg
for Nile tilapia and 0.8570.03 kg for hybrid sorubim, after 6–7 and
9–10 months, respectively. About 100 fish of each specie was
mechanically eviscerated under vacuum (without manual contact)
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and hand-filleted at the plant. The carcasses obtained were immediately
transported under refrigerated conditions to the Laboratory
of Bioengineering, where they were deboned