Method and apparatus for producing a whole fish product

摘要

In a mechanical process for producing a fish product which may be described as a double fillet including head and tail, the intestines and the bone structure are removed completely and the gills at least partially. The processing is performed from the tail end and comprises the steps of making incisions on both sides of the belly spokes along the whole length of the fish from the ventral side while simultaneously removing the intestines and the gills, while subsequently the bone structure is cut out from the fish body by cutting over the ribs. The obtained double fillet can be folded together by folding down the double fillet halves to form an apparently complete fish.