31 Terms
Contributors in Fish processing
Fish processing
wood chips (wood shavings)
Fishing; Fish processing
Fragments of wood larger than sawdust that produce more flames and heat, and less smoke than sawdust when burned.
refrigerated sea water (RSW)
Fishing; Fish processing
Sea water in fixed tanks chilled by mechanical refrigeration, especially at sea installed in the hold, for quickly and uniformly chilling pelagic fish, in particular, by immersion. In a full tank the ...
relative humidity (RH)
Fishing; Fish processing
The ratio of the amount of moisture or water vapour (vapour pressure) in the air (the humidity) to the total moisture that the air could hold at that temperature, i.e. Saturated with water vapour ...
regulatory standards
Fishing; Fish processing
Standards that are incorporated into legislation or are issued by a regulatory body.
rheology
Fishing; Fish processing
The study of flow properties of materials. These properties include viscosity, plasticity, hardness, toughness, elasticity, i.e. All are properties that have a bearing on the texture of fish ...
rigor mortis
Fishing; Fish processing
Rigor mortis is the Latin term for stiffness of death; the stiffening of an animal body after death. Because it is a Latin term it is conventional to italicise 'rgor mortis'; 'rigor', (not to be ...
rigor
Fishing; Fish processing
Rigor mortis is the Latin term for stiffness of death; the stiffening of an animal body after death. Because it is a Latin term it is conventional to italicise 'rgor mortis'; 'rigor', (not to be ...
