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The Fish Waste Silage Meal (FWSM) was prepared using fish offals, Lactobacillus plantarum culture (10⁸ cfu/ml), jaggery and De-Oiled Rice Bran (DORB). Fish waste silage (FWS) was prepared by incubating minced and autoclaved fish offal slurry with 10 percent jaggery and 5 percent Lactobacillus plantarum culture (10⁸ cfu/ml) in an anaerobic condition for 14 days at room temperature (37°C) with occasional mixing. After the fermentation period, the FWS was mixed with DORB (Slurry: DORB, 7:1) uniformly and sun-dried for 3-4 days for the production of FWSM, 0.72 kg FWSM was produced from 1.0 kg of FWS. The FWSM was analysed for its nutritive value, the FWSM contains 10.8% moisture, 27.5% crude protein (CP), 4.97% crude fiber, 14.01% ether extract and 17.09% total ash. Since FWSM is prepared from inedible parts of the fish; FWSM was screened for major pathogenic microorganisms’ viz., E. coli, Salmonella and Clostridium and found negative. Further, FWSM is analyzed for five common mycotoxins (Aflatoxin (B₁, B₂, G₁ and G₂), Ochratoxin, T-2 toxin, Citrinin and Zearalenone) and found negative. The transformation of fish waste into FWSM not only produces a highly nutritious end product but also offers an alternative and beneficial means of utilization. The FWSM contains 27.5% CP, which is almost equal to the 50% CP value of soybean meal, thus it can be used as a feed ingredient in animal feed preparation.