Use of a Model Scale System for Recycling Spent Fishery Brines.

Fishing boat hold refrigeration brines become contaminated with organic fish material. Discarding these brines may cause environmental pollution and results in the loss of nutrient-rich fluids. Bench scale experiments determined that these brines could be recycled at least five times. Purified brines were free of microbial contamination and reached chemical equilibrium after its second reuse trial. The flavor and carcass quality of the fish stored in the recycled brine were not significantly different (p<0.05) from similar fish stored as controls.