This case study examines a pilot project aimed at testing the technical and economic feasibility of producing high-value end products from fish processing by-products in Morocco. The lab- and industry-scale trials focused on products that could boost Morocco's export potential and help transition its fish processing industry toward the expanding blue bio-economy market.
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