Fish processing

Fish processing

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Fish processing

A natural substance produced by an organism capable of causing harm to another organism, including man. The meaning is sometimes broadened to include any chemical causing harm to an organism, but it ...

Trematodes

Fishing; Fish processing

Trematodes or flukes are members of the zoological Class Trematoda of the Phylum Platyhelminthes. They are small, but not microscopic, flattened, (hence the trivial name, flatworms), and generally ...

Trimethylamine oxide (TMAO)

Fishing; Fish processing

A compound of formula (CH3)3NO of wide occurrence in animals and in bacteria. It is present in the flesh of marine species of fish and crustacean shellfish, but generally not in the muscle of ...

Trimethylamine (TMA)

Fishing; Fish processing

An amine of formula (CH3)3N. Formed in the muscle tissue of stored unfrozen fish by the bacterial metabolism of trimethylamine oxide (TMAO). It has a strong ammoniacal smell and the ammoniacal smell ...

Urea

Fishing; Fish processing

A chemical of formula (CH2)2CO. It is the end-point of nitrogen metabolism in animals and some fishes. It is a feature of elasmobranchs, (sharks, dogfishes, rays, skates), that they accumulate urea ...

Vent

Fishing; Fish processing

Anal opening at the rear of the belly cavity of a fish, through which are discharged wastes from the intestine and kidney, and also eggs or sperm.

Washing

Fishing; Fish processing

Cleaning of the gut cavity of gutted fish by hand with jets of water or by means of a mechanical washer prior to boxing. The bleeding and washing steps may be combined in a mechanical system. It may ...