fish processing
Gutting and filleting
Fish processing is the transformation of raw fish into marketable products—cleaning, filleting, freezing, canning, smoking, or curing.
The term covers everything from gutting fish on a boat to operating industrial canning lines: She worked in fish processing for twenty years.
Processing extends shelf life and makes fish suitable for retail or export.
Removing internal organs
- scalingClimbing or resizing
- filletingCutting meat from bones
- deboningRemoving skeletal structure
- beheadingRemoval of head
evisceration · trimming · rinsing · shucking · skinning · portioning · knife skills · washing
Applying sodium chloride
- smokingInhaling burning tobacco
- dryingMoisture removal process
- canningAirtight food preservation
- freezingExtremely cold
brining · fermenting · curing · pickling · vacuum-packing · cold storage · refrigeration · kippers
Food preservation factory
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- trawlerNet-dragging fishing boat
- conveyorMechanism that transports items
- packagingProtective product enclosure
automation · quality control · FDA approval · cold chain · flash freezing · grading · inspection · traceability
Foreign-bound sale
- importObtain from overseas
- wholesaleBulk sales to merchants
- marketVenue for trade
- distributionAllocation across recipients
supply chain · quota · regulations · aquaculture · auction · pricing · tariffs · certification
gutting
Removing internal organs
beheading · evisceration · trimming · rinsing · shucking · skinning · portioning · knife skills · washing · scrubbing
salting
Applying sodium chloride
freezing · brining · fermenting · curing · pickling · vacuum-packing · cold storage · refrigeration · kippers · gravlax
cannery
Food preservation factory
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- trawlerNet-dragging fishing boat
- conveyorMechanism that transports items
packaging · automation · quality control · FDA approval · cold chain · flash freezing · grading · inspection · traceability · rendering
export
Foreign-bound sale
distribution · supply chain · quota · regulations · aquaculture · auction · pricing · tariffs · certification · sustainability
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- food processingcanning, freezing, drying, packaging, pasteurization
- commercial fishingtrawlers, trawler, seiner, longliner, trawling
- agroindustrygrain milling, meat packing, sugar refining, cotton ginning, rice mills
- Alaska economyoil industry, oil revenues, petroleum, oil drilling, king crab
- Arctic industriesoil drilling, oil extraction, gas extraction, arctic drilling, offshore drilling
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Catching aquatic creatures
commercial fishing · aquaculture · trawling · fish farming · angling
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