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Fishing

The activity of catching fishing, whether for private or commercial purposes.

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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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

clostridium botulinum

Fishing; Fish processing

Species of pathogenic bacteria found in some fish, mud and marine sediments. These anaerobic spore-forming bacilli grow only in the absence of oxygen and produce one or more of a ...