Investigation under way to use shark oil for biofuel production
Longliners from Vigo are involved in a project to develop fuel from shark waste. (Photo: Stock File/FIS)
(SPAIN, 4/13/2011)
Various research institutes and companies from Vigo are working on a project that aims to harness the liver of sharks as biofuel.
The idea is to use the livers of sharks caught by longline vessels in Vigo to produce, through a chemical process, fish fuel, thanks to its energy.
According to Ricardo Pérez Martín, a researcher at the Institute of Marine Research (IIM) in Vigo, "a quenlla or mako has a weight of around 70 kilos with an organ of around 5 kg, of which 70 per cent is oil."
And that oil can be reused as biofuel for fishing vessels.
This project intends to use and biologically evaluate all possible parts of small fish and sharks and also reduce the energy consumption of fishing vessels.
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