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Ikejime (活け締め) or ikijime (活き締め) is a method of killing fish that maintains the quality of its meat. [1] The technique originated in Japan, but is now in widespread use. It involves the insertion of a spike quickly and directly into the hindbrain, usually located slightly behind and above the eye, thereby causing immediate brain ...
This 16th-century fish stall shows many traditional fish products. The term fish processing refers to the processes associated with fish and fish products between the time fish are caught or harvested, and the time the final product is delivered to the customer. Although the term refers specifically to fish, in practice it is extended to cover ...
Chicken fillets, sometimes called inner fillets, are a specific cut of meat from the chicken or ostrich steaks. [1] There are two fillets in a chicken, and they are each a few centimetres long and about 25 mm (1 in) or less wide. They lie under the main portion of the breast just above the ribcage around the center of the sternum.
Fish fillet. A fish fillet, from the French word filet ( pronounced [filɛ]) meaning a thread or strip, [ 1] is the flesh of a fish which has been cut or sliced away from the bone by cutting lengthwise along one side of the fish parallel to the backbone. In preparation for filleting, any scales on the fish should be removed.
Fish farming or pisciculture involves commercial breeding of fish, most often for food, in fish tanks or artificial enclosures such as fish ponds. It is a particular type of aquaculture , which is the controlled cultivation and harvesting of aquatic animals such as fish, crustaceans , molluscs and so on, in natural or pseudo-natural environments.
Electrofishing. Scientists carrying out a population and species survey using electrofishing equipment. Electrofishing is a fishing technique that uses direct current electricity flowing between a submerged cathode and anode. This affects the movements of nearby fish so that they swim toward the anode, where they can be caught or stunned.
Sawfiler. A saw filer is a person who maintains and repairs saws in a saw mill. A saw filer's work area in the mill is called the filing room . Saws used in timber mills are very large. They need maintenance for safe operation. Repair of damaged saws requires a degree of skill. Automated equipment has continued to be developed and implemented ...
The two remaining species, the dwarf sawfish and narrow sawfish, are considerably smaller, but are still large fish with a maximum total length of at least 3.2 m (10.5 ft) and 3.5 m (11.5 ft) respectively. [2] [50] In the past it was often reported that the dwarf sawfish only reaches about 1.4 m (4.6 ft), but this is now known to be incorrect.