Fish processing

Fish processing

Industry: Fishing

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pyloric caeca

Fishing; Fish processing

Hollow finger like pouches in bony fish, in which proteolytic digestive enzymes are secreted, attached to the intestine near to the bottom (posterior end) of the stomach.

pyrophosphates

Fishing; Fish processing

Salts formed by the condensation of two molecules of orthophosphate.

drip

Fishing; Fish processing

Liquid that exudes from fish flesh, especially when frozen fish is thawed, when it is also called thaw drip. The drip loss is the amount of liquid that is lost and is usually expressed as a ...

drip loss

Fishing; Fish processing

Liquid that exudes from fish flesh, especially when frozen fish is thawed, when it is also called thaw drip. The drip loss is the amount of liquid that is lost and is usually expressed as a ...

dripping (hanging)

Fishing; Fish processing

Leaving brined fish to hang on racks or in the kiln while the surplus brine drains or drips off before smoking. Also called draining; see brining and smoking.

Removal of moisture by evaporation from fish, originally as a means of curing for preservation. Natural drying in the sun and wind, or drying over wood fires, were the principal traditional means of ...

dry salting

Fishing; Fish processing

Embedding whole fish, gutted fish, gibbed fish, split fish, fillets or sides in solid salt for salt curing, or as an alternative to brining before smoking.