Mesopelagic Species and Their Potential Contribution to Food and Feed Security—A Case Study from Norway

Foods

Monica Sanden¹  AnitaR. Alvheim¹  Espen Strand¹  Marian Kjellevold¹  Martin Wiech¹ 

[1] Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 1870, Nordnes, NO-5817 Bergen, Norway;

关键词: mesopelagic;    nutrients;    benthosema glaciale;    maurolicus muelleri;    trace elements;    minerals;    fatty acids;    vitamin a;    vitamin d;   

DOI  :  10.3390/foods9030344

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The projected increase in global population will demand a major increase in global food production. There is a need for more biomass from the ocean as future food and feed, preferentially from lower trophic levels. In this study, we estimated the mesopelagic biomass in three Norwegian fjords. We analyzed the nutrient composition in six of the most abundant mesopelagic species and evaluated their potential contribution to food and feed security. The six species make up a large part of the mesopelagic biomass in deep Norwegian fjords. Several of the analyzed mesopelagic species, especially the fish species Benthosema glaciale and Maurolicus muelleri, were nutrient dense, containing a high level of vitamin A1, calcium, selenium, iodine, eicopentaenoic acid (EPA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and cetoleic acid. We were able to show that mesopelagic species, whose genus or family are found to be widespread and numerous around the globe, are nutrient dense sources of micronutrients and marine-based ingredients and may contribute significantly to global food and feed security.

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