This study aimed to evaluate the extract of chitosan obtained from pink shrimp (Parapenaeus longirostris) shell wastes in Balıkesir, Marmara Sea Turkey, and characterize its quality. The physicochemical properties biopolymer such as moisture content, solubility, degree deacetylation (DD), molecular weight (MW), particle size, bulk density, pH, water-binding capacity (WBC), fat-binding (FBC), co...