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Table 5.10 Results of Applications of Fish Fertilizers<br />

Crop Application rate of fish fertilizer Control fertilizer Yield results<br />

Cherry -8 mL/L -5:2:1 to 0:10:10 -22.7 kg/plant<br />

tomatoes ‘ - dipped prior to planting - manures - several times the<br />

- sprayed every 2-3 weeks control<br />

Beefsteak - as above - chicken manure -9 kg/plant<br />

tomatoes -6.8 kg/pIant control<br />

Pole beans -4 mL/L -12 kg/30 m row<br />

- foliage spray after staking and -3 kg/30 m row<br />

wiring and again after 2 weeks (control)<br />

Lawns, - diluted 1:5 -13:8:4 at 46.4 - much more lush<br />

-3.7 mL/m 2<br />

mL/m 2<br />

lawn with fish fertilizer<br />

and longer fertilizer<br />

retention time<br />

Cabbage -2.8 mL/m2 at planting and 2.8 - larger, denser, 50 %<br />

mL/m 2<br />

foliage spray after 4 weeks heavier heads than<br />

controls<br />

Corn -3.7 mL/m2 at planting and 3.7 - greater than 20 %<br />

mL/m2 as foliage spray after 5 more weight of<br />

weeks corn/plant<br />

Apples -1:20 dilution - increase in size and<br />

-93 mL/m 2<br />

of above, foliage spray weight of fish fertilized<br />

apples<br />

Source: Canadian Fishery Consultants Ltd., 1991<br />

5.4.6 Protein Hydrolysates<br />

Protein hydrolysates are formed by the rapid dissolution of fish flesh away from bones,<br />

scales, and fat. Proteolytic enzymes are added to the minced fish along with mineral or<br />

organic acids. The mixture is heated to 65 “C to solubilize the protein. Potential uses of<br />

hydrolysates include milk replacers in animal feeds and peptones for microbiological<br />

media worth more than $2,500/ton (Gates, 1991 ). This process involves considerable<br />

capital and technical investment which might not be attractive for small and/or seasonal<br />

fish processing operations (Green and Mattick, 1977).<br />

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