Increasing demand for and adding value to underutilized species by perfecting dried seafood products and marketing to foreign and emerging ethnic markets

Faced with the demise of traditional stocks of groundfish, more stringent management of the fisheries in general and increased competition from overseas, Deep Sea International, with the assistance of a government FIG grant, is attempting to enhance its compditiveness by developing alternative markets and products that utilize underutilized species and add/or value to existing fisheries. Grant no. NA66FK0062