METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BEHEADING FISH

摘要

The invention concerns a device for beheading fish whose throat has been cut by opening the gill cavity from the belly side. To carry out the decapitating cut the fish is seized conveyingly by means of an entraining element engaging the gill cavity after alignment with respect to the gill cavity with the help of a pin-shaped support element and moved against the cutting device by displacement of a back support which supports the back of the fish resiliently. The cutting device may either comprise a plane cutting knife or a pair of wedge cutting knives.