FISHTERM bilingual dictionary Search results for 'Fish processing' (1 record(s))
RECORD No. | 149 |
AUTHOR | ELAD D. F. |
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LAST UPDATE | 2024-01-20 00:00:00 |
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TERM | * Fish processing statut: préféré | ||||
PART OF SPEECH | noun | ||||
ETYMOLOGY | From an ngram word frequency chart, it could be seen that, the term fish processing originated in the twentieth century, precisely before 1940 (confer the chart above). The term gained more popularity as years went by, right up to around the 1980’s, where the term ‘fish processing’ started declining in frequency, probably due to it being replaced with new synonyms like ‘seafood processing’. How ever, we consider seafood processing to be a broader concept than fish processing, meaning not just the processing of fish but goes farther to include all seafoods in general (crabs, etc.). | ||||
DEFINITION |
processes associated with live or dead fish or fish products between the time fish are caught or harvested, and the time the final product is delivered to the customer. These involve fish preparation (fish is cleaned, part cleaned, scaled or cut up), fish decoration (fish marking, tagging, etc.), fish preservation (chilling, icing, freezing, irradiating, smoking, salting, cooking, etc.), and fish packaging (fish canning, bottling, or wrapping). | ||||
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NOTES | Although the term refers specifically to fish, in practice it is extended to cover any aquatic organisms harvested for commercial purposes, whether caught in wild fisheries or harvested from aquaculture or fish farming. Types of fish or seafood processingDepending on the processes used, processing can be grouped under the several categories. These include:
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1. Law No. 94/01 of 20 January 1994 to lay down forestry, wildlife and fisheries regulations in Cameroon, Chapter I, article 113, paragraph 1:
" Within the meaning of the present law: 1) Fish processing establishments shall comprise: a) Fishmongering establishments which prepare fishery products, especially by sorting, washing, weighing and icing. b) Freezing establishments which preserve fish by means of freezing or simply store frozen products. c)Smoking houses or workshops which smoke fish and fishery products using wood or by-products of wood. d) Drying workshops which dehydrate fishery products through the direct action of heat produced by solar energy or some other source. e) Salting workshops which process fishery products by using exclusively sea salt or its substitutes. "