Valorisation of Starfish
The mussel industry removes, and kills, a vast amount of starfish every year. They are submerged in 50°C water for some time to accomplish this. Starfish that have gone through this process are referred to as being poached. At the moment, these starfish do not serve a function once they have been killed. Studies have looked at the potential use of starfish in meal for many different organisms, but have shown little success (Fisheries, 2012).
As stated earlier, mussels possess the ability to close in response to the presence of a live starfish. It is unknown if this property remains true after the starfish are no longer alive. Being able to utilize the excess starfish created by near shore mussel aquaculture as inducers of mussel closure would surely create a market for these starfish, and increase potential profits for mussel farmers.
The reason that a closure induction substance would be useful can be explained by the process mussels go through before being sold. The farmer sells the mussels to processing companies through the mussel auction in Yerseke, Zeeland. After this, they are placed in storage plots until they are to be sold again. The companies then perform many procedures on the mussels, including barnacle removal. When these mussels are collected from these storage plots, they can become mixed in with sediment, and inorganic materials brought up in the water due to the collection. Because they are filter feeding organisms, this has the potential to reduce the quality of the organisms. Having the ability to control when the mussel is closed would be of great use. This will be one of the points of investigation in this study.
Valorisation of StarfishThe mussel industry removes, and kills, a vast amount of starfish every year. They are submerged in 50°C water for some time to accomplish this. Starfish that have gone through this process are referred to as being poached. At the moment, these starfish do not serve a function once they have been killed. Studies have looked at the potential use of starfish in meal for many different organisms, but have shown little success (Fisheries, 2012).As stated earlier, mussels possess the ability to close in response to the presence of a live starfish. It is unknown if this property remains true after the starfish are no longer alive. Being able to utilize the excess starfish created by near shore mussel aquaculture as inducers of mussel closure would surely create a market for these starfish, and increase potential profits for mussel farmers.The reason that a closure induction substance would be useful can be explained by the process mussels go through before being sold. The farmer sells the mussels to processing companies through the mussel auction in Yerseke, Zeeland. After this, they are placed in storage plots until they are to be sold again. The companies then perform many procedures on the mussels, including barnacle removal. When these mussels are collected from these storage plots, they can become mixed in with sediment, and inorganic materials brought up in the water due to the collection. Because they are filter feeding organisms, this has the potential to reduce the quality of the organisms. Having the ability to control when the mussel is closed would be of great use. This will be one of the points of investigation in this study.
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