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Fishing

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

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fat

Fishing; Fish processing

A component of foods. Fats are mixtures of components and are operationally defined as the fraction of the food that is soluble in organic solvents such as ether, hexane, ...

fatty acids

Fishing; Fish processing

Chemically, a class of aliphatic compounds containing a carboxyl group. The fatty acids in foods or derived from fats are monocarboxylic acids of the general formula R•COOH where ...

fatty fish

Fishing; Fish processing

Fish in which the main reserves of fat are in the body tissues, e.g. Herring (Clupea harengus). Fatty fish with a seasonally low fat content may be referred to as lean fish or ...

fermenting

Fishing; Fish processing

Refers usually to the enzymic liquefaction of fish, small crustaceans and squid to produce edible sauces or soft pastes particularly in Asian countries. In southeast Asia, these ...

fermented fish

Fishing; Fish processing

Refers usually to the enzymic liquefaction of fish, small crustaceans and squid to produce edible sauces or soft pastes particularly in Asian countries. In southeast Asia, these ...

filleting and fillet

Fishing; Fish processing

Cutting by hand or by machine, roughly parallel with the backbone, a strip or slice of largely boneless flesh from along the length of a fish to produce from one side of the fish ...

firmness

Fishing; Fish processing

The property of not yielding easily to pressure. It can be assessed by the fingers, for example, when assessing the quality of raw fish, or in the mouth when assessing cooked ...