p. 321 - 328 TECHNICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARATERISTIQUES OF SOME FISH SPECIES IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN LITTLE USING IN PROCESSING Angela Pintilie 1), Liliana Iliescu 1) and G. Balaban 1) Romanian Marine Research Institute Constanta 2) Ocean Fishing Enterprise Tulcea Abstract This paper presents the results of the scientific researches on the fish species Sardinella maderensis, Pagellus belloti, Euthynnus allecteratus, Stromateus fiatola and Plectorhynchus mediterraneum caught in the summer of 1982 on the north-western Africa coast and which have been investigated either fresh and frozen. There have been determined the ratio between the main body component parts, the processing efficinecy as trunks or fillets and the total bio-chemical composition of fish meat. As these species participate with a small share in the catches of the Romanian trawlers but have good qualities, we have tried to prepare some food products.