Molecular weight analysis of M. merluccius and P. glauca collagen by LS-GPC: effect of temperature/stirring time on solubility

Abstract

The new reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and other EU policy marine approaches such as Blue Growth and 2020 EU strategy are focused on the development of a sustainable socioeconomic and environmental growth in the marine and maritime EU region. To achieve this goal the valorization and biotechnological transformation of raw marine materials (discards and by-products) for the isolation of valuable biocompounds useful for different applications might be crucial. Merluccius merluccius discards due to Minimum Landing Size restrictions imposed by the Landing Obligation included in the new CFP and Prionace glauca skin byproducts are susceptible to be valorized based on the higher collagen content of its connective tissues