Changes of free amino acids as taste compunds during the fermentation of cod-roe, Gadus marcrocephlus, were analyzed by a amino acid autoanalyzer. Leucine, lysine, valine, isoleucine and arginine were dominent amino acids in fresh cod-roe extracts, and the amounts of leucine (797.3mg%, on moisture and salt free base), lysine (577.7mg%) and valine(487.4mg%0 were 54.9% of total free amino acids. The contents of methionine, histidine, tyrosine and phenylanine were lower, and aspartic acid, glycine, threonine, glutamic acid and serine were detected trace amount. The free amino acids analyzed in this experiment were not changed in composition but changed in the amounts during 80 days of the fermentation. Total free amino acids were increased until 59 days of fermentation and than decreased gradually.