Innovation and automation key to processing farmed fish

摘要

AS THE SEAFOOD industry is having to increasingly rely on aquaculture for its raw material, so processing equipment suppliers are manufacturing more machines specifically for dealing with farmed fish. Complete lines have now been developed for processing salmon, for example, where whole fish enter the line at one end and fixed weight portions ready packed for a supermarket shelf leave at the other. To illustrate the innovation involved, Marel, the world's biggest fish processing equipment manufacturer, has developed a salmon portioning and robot loading system in partnership with Norwegian processor Nordlaks. Installed in that company's factory in Stokmarknes, this system automates the process of portioning and loading fixed weight salmon portions into retail packs.