| TERM | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| C | |
| Conditioning | A practice where statistical estimates are often based on the assumption that some of the inputs are known exactly. For example, a VPA is conditioned on the catch at age. 📑 Conditioning (read more) |
| D | |
| Drying | To dehydrate fishery products through the direct action of heat produced by solar
energy or some other source. 📑 Drying (read more) |
| Drying workshop | 📑 Drying workshop (read more) |
| F | |
| Fish plant | An establishment, enterprise, factory, plant, facility or institution located near water bodies, inland or on fishing vessels, carrying out activities related to fish or fisheries products preparation (cleaning, scaling or cutting up), decoration (fish marking, tagging, etc.), preservation ( icing, freezing, irradiating, smoking, salting, cooking, etc.), or packaging (canning, bottling, or wrapping). 📑 Fish plant (read more) |
| Fish processing | 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). 📑 Fish processing (read more) |
| Frozen products plant | A plant specialising in cooling and storing food at temperatures below freezing, usually -18°C. 📑 Frozen products plant (read more) |
| G | |
| Granary | A building where grain is stored 📑 Granary (read more) |
| S | |
| Salting | To process fishery products by using exclusively sea salt or its substitutes. 📑 Salting (read more) |
| Seafood processing | Preparing seafood for delivery to the consumer after it is harvested, including tasks such as eviscerating, freezing, canning, and packaging the product. 📑 Seafood processing (read more) |
| Smoking | To smoke fish and fishery products using wood or by-products of wood. 📑 Smoking (read more) |
| Smoking factory | Smoking is a method of preservation effected by the combination of drying, deposition of naturally produced chemicals resulting from thermal breakdown of wood. 📑 Smoking factory (read more) |
| Total terms: 11 | |
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