Understanding Trash Fish Value Chain: A Research on of Fish Oil & Fish Meal (fofm) Plant In Namakkal

Abstract

This paper attempts to understand the supply chain of so called discard or trash fish which has an important value creation by the fish meal and fish oil industry serving to aquaculture or animal feed firms. We understand and analyse the process at macro level as well as through a case study of one such plant in Namakkal .Our study, apart from bringing out the nuances of supply chain has also shown the growing importance of so called discard or trash fish.