Fish processing

Fish processing

Contributors in Fish processing

Fish processing

Fish exhibiting an abnormal chalky white appearance and a watery texture. It has been described particularly in halibut in North America, and is associated with fish in which there has been a rapid ...

Chelating agent

Fishing; Fish processing

Chemicals capable of combining with metal ions to render them ineffective. They are also called sequestrants. Examples of chelating agents used in the food industry are ethylenediaminetetraacetic ...

Chilled sea water (CSW)

Fishing; Fish processing

Sea water in fixed tanks, especially at sea installed in the hold, chilled by adding ice, for quickly and uniformly chilling, especially pelagic fish and salmon, by immersion. Portable tank systems ...

Chilled water stowage (CWS)

Fishing; Fish processing

The storage of fish in chilled fresh or salt water, the chilling being effected by either mechanical refrigeration or the addition of ice.

Chilling

Fishing; Fish processing

Fish and shellfish are among the most perishable of foods. Spoilage, which begins immediately after death, can be retarded by reducing the temperature of the fish by either chilling or freezing as ...

Ciguatera

Fishing; Fish processing

Food poisoning resulting from the consumption of tropical reef-dwelling fish that have become toxic by feeding directly or indirectly on species of toxic dinoflagellates, microscopic marine ...

Classification

Fishing; Fish processing

Also refers to the grouping of fish, shellfish, algae, and indeed all other species, scientifically into a formal, hierarchical series of groups. The smallest group regularly used is species, which ...