Frozen minced meat is an important fish industry in Japan and it's neighbouring countries like Korea, Taiwan and China. The annual production of minced fishmeat in Japan was 35400 tons in the year 1965 which increased rapidly after three years to 137000 tons in 1963. At present the trade of this product in the world has reached 1 million tons. 20 years ago the frozen minced meat industry in Japan consisted of 55 factories and 2 fishing vessels. Fishes which were not suitable to be used to prepare fish paste were made use of in this industry. These fish include Horse Mackerel, Hasoon and Alaska polak. The minced meat of these fish was used to make various fish pastes, fish sausages etc. The Fisheries Research Center in Guilan province in the southern coasts of the Caspian Sea has done a lot of work on minced meat of the small pelagic fish kilka (Clupeonella sp.). The minced meat of kilka has a gelatinous property and has a better taste and flavour as compared to minced meat of other f.....
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