Fish Meal: Production and Quality Assessment forAqua Feed Formulation in Pakistan
Abdur Rahim1, Ghulam Abbas1, Muhammad Naeem2, Sara Ferrando3, Lorenzo Gallus3, Noor Khan4, Muhammad Hafeez-ur-Rehman4, Abdul Ghaffar5 and Abdul Mateen6
1Centre of Excellence in Marine Biology, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan
2Institute of Pure and Applied Biology, Zoology Division, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan-60800, Pakistan
3Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Italy
4Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
5Department of Life Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
6Department of Zoology, Wildlife and Fisheries, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Corresponding author: abbas.cemb@yahoo.com
Figure 1
Disposition of marketed fresh, freezing, canning, curing, subsistence and reduction to fish meal during 1993 to 2013 in Pakistan (Source: Anonymous, 2012; Khan, 2012).
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Fig. 2. Export of fish meal from Pakistan to different countries during 1977 to 2013 (Source: Anonymous, 2012; Khan, 2012).
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Fig. 3. Export of fishery products from Pakistan to different countries during 1977 to 2013 (Source: Anonymous, 2012; Khan, 2012).
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Annual unit price (AUP) of fishery, dried salted products and fish meal from 1977 to 2013 in Pakistan (Source: Anonymous, 2012; Khan, 2012).