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how to make seafood waste material as fertilizer & removing any plant harmful salts #321692

Asked May 15, 2016, 4:11 AM EDT

I would like to know how to best utilize waste sea scallops/shrimps complete with clam like shells, prawn/shrimp & unwanted offal & damaged fleshy bits.As all these materials complete with seawater are combined in the disposed waste, I need to know how to best prepare this waste into a usable fertilizer and not have any  salts in the finished product that will harm the plants when applied.
I am open to a dry or wet end product.
There is a heat treatment method for an end dry product & some wet treatments.
Do either display more benefits for better plant growth?
Currently the quantity I have access to in its raw state is equivalent to approx 4-6 tonnes per week.
I am in Australia.
Also can I bulk it up with other materials to end up with more of the final product to sell?
Henry Sapiecha

County Outside United States

Expert Response

Ronald Kinnunen, Michigan State University Extension, Michigan Sea Grant wrote about the turning fish waste into fertilizer in his February 2016 blog: http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/turning_fish_waste_into_fertilizer_creates_a_commercial_product_kinnune...

Please read the blog and let me know if it helps.
An Ask Extension Expert Replied May 30, 2016, 8:05 AM EDT

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