Comparative analysis of nutritional and biotechnological value of muscle tissue of mesopelagic fishes of the North-East Atlantic region

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A comparative analysis of some nutritional and biotechnological characteristics of muscle tissue of the most widespread and abundant mesopelagic fish species inhabiting the Irminger Sea (North Atlantic) was carried out. At the level of lipid metabolism, potential nutritional value was established for non-commercial Notoscopelus kroyeri and Serrivomer beanii along with the commercial beaked redfish Sebastes mentella. For Lampanyctus macdonaldi and, partially, Borostomias antarcticus, possible biotechnological value was shown in terms of extracting individual valuable molecules and substances of lipid nature. The other studied species (Bathylagus euryops, Chauliodus sloani, Malacosteus niger, Scopelogadus beanii, Stomias boa), as well as B. antarcticus, are very promising for their use in aquaculture in the development of innovative feed compositions and additives for them. It was found that the depth and area of catch don’t have a significant effect on the nutritional and biotechnological characteristics of the muscle tissue of the studied species. The exception is B. euryops, the characteristics under consideration of which vary depending on the area of catch, and for S. mentella and S. beanii – on the depth of catch. The results of the study can serve as a basis for the development and improvement of methods and protocols for the rational use of deep-sea biological resources in the process of their development in the North Atlantic region, and also determine the areas of practical application of these species and the type of products obtained from them or with their use (feed, additive, pure substance, composition, functional food product, etc.).

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V. P. Voronin

Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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Email: voronen-viktor@mail.ru

Institute of Biology 

Russian Federation, Petrozavodsk

D. V. Artemenkov

Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO)

Email: voronen-viktor@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

A. M. Orlov

Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences; A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: voronen-viktor@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow; Moscow

S. A. Murzina

Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: voronen-viktor@mail.ru

Institute of Biology 

Russian Federation, Petrozavodsk

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2. Fig. 1. Map of the mesopelagic fish collection area during MTAS 2018. The numbers indicate the trawl numbers. Subarea A is the Greenland fishery zone; subarea B is the Icelandic exclusive economic zone; subarea C is the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) regulatory area.

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3. Fig. 2. Percentage content (% of the total FA) of saturated, mono- and polyunsaturated fatty acids in muscle tissue of mesopelagic fishes from the Irminger Sea (North Atlantic). Saturated fatty acids are highlighted in “red”; monounsaturated fatty acids are highlighted in “blue”; polyunsaturated fatty acids are highlighted in “green”; “Mn” – Malacosteus niger; “Be” – Bathylagus euryops; “Sb” – Stomias boa; “Cs” – Chauliodus sloani; “Lm” – Lampanyctus macdonaldi; “Scb” – Scopelogadus beanii; “Ba” – Borostomias antarcticus; “Nk” – Notoscopelus kroyeri; “Serb” – Serrivomer beanii; “Sm” – Sebastes mentella.

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4. Fig. 3. Canonical analysis of the correspondences of the fatty acid composition of muscle tissue of mesopelagic fish species of the Irminger Sea (North Atlantic) and the food and biotechnological indices calculated on their basis. The indexes are explained in Table 2; the fish species are explained in the notes to Figure 2.

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