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PCT No. PCT/AU97/00787 Sec. 371 Date May 21, 1999 Sec. 102(e) Date May 21, 1999 PCT Filed Nov. 21, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO98/23163 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 1998A shellfish processing apparatus (10) particularly intended for Scallop Processing, in which a gripped shellfish is partially opened initially by manipulator means (12) so as to enable meat to be removed from one shell half at a station (22), and then opened fully at a station (24) for evisceration at a station (28) removal of meat from the remaining shell half at a station (32). The evisceration means (113) preferably includes a backing plate (122) which serves to concentrate water around the shell half being eviscerated and to hold the adductor muscle in place.
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