FISH-TECH-DB PROJECT: QLRT-2000-00216

Keyword List for Fish Technology

Last updated: April 22, 2003 - K J Whittle

   

   
     
2-methylisoborneol    
abnormality    
absolute sterility    
acceptability    
acetic acid (ethanoic acid)    
acid curing    
acid value (acid number)    
acidified sodium chlorite    
Acinetobacter spp.    
acrylamide    
actin    
actinomycetes    
activation energy (as in bacterial growth)    
active packaging    
actomyosin    
added value    
additive    
adenosine diphosphate (ADP)    
adenosine monophosphate (AMP)    
adenosine triphosphate (ATP)    
adenovirus    
adulteration    
aerobic bacteria    
aerobic plate count (aerobic colony count, aerobic mesophilic colony or plate count)    
Aeromonas spp.    
affective test    
aflatoxin    
agar    
agarose    
air blast chilling    
air blast freezer    
air blast freezing    
air blast thawer    
air speed    
air velocity    
air blast chiller    
air blast thawing    
air curtain    
air drying    
airborne contamination    
airlock    
alanine    
algae    
algal culture    
algal toxins    
alginates    
alginic acid    
allergen    
Alteromonas spp.    
aluminium    
amaranth    
ambient temperature    
amine    
amino acid    
amino acid composition    
ammonia    
amnesic shellfish poisoning (ASP)    
anaerobic bacteria    
anaerobic spoilage    
analogue product    
analytical method    
anatoxins    
anchor worm    
angel fillet    
Angiostrongylus spp.    
anisakiasis    
anisakid nematode    
Anisakis spp.    
anisidine value    
annatto (anatto, bixin, bixine, norbixin)    
anserine    
antibiotic    
antibiotic ice    
antibody    
antigen    
antimicrobial    
antioxidant    
appearance    
appertisation    
aquaculture    
aquatic resources    
aroma    
arsenic    
arsenobetaine    
artificial nose (electronic nose)    
ascorbic acid (vitamin C)    
aseptic canning    
ash    
ashi    
ASP (amnesic shellfish poisoning)    
Aspergillus flavus    
Aspergillus spp.    
assessor (as in sensory assessment)    
astaxanthin    
astrovirus    
a-tocopherol (vitamin E)    
ATP (adenosine triphosphate)    
auction (of fish at first sale)    
authenticity    
autolysis    
autolytic changes    
automatic smoke producer (smoke generator)    
autooxidation    
autoproteolysis    
available lysine (as in fish meal)    
aviation fuel spill    
aw (water activity)    
azaspiracid    
Bacillus spp.    
Bacillus stearothermophilus    
backbone    
bacteria    
bacterial contamination    
bacterial count    
bacterial flora    
bacterial food poisoning    
bacterial growth    
bacterial load    
bacterial odours    
bacterial spoilage    
bactericidal    
bactericide    
bacteriocin    
bacteriological standard    
bacteriophage (phage)    
bacteriostatic    
bagoong (fermented fish paste)    
balao balao (fermented shrimp paste)    
banding (as in smoked product)    
banjo (as in smoking kiln)    
barrel bones    
batch freezer    
batter and crumb    
batter (as in product coating)    
battering (as in product coating)    
beheading    
belachan (fermented shrimp paste)    
belly burn    
belly burst (burst belly, belly blown)    
belly lining (belly wall lining)    
belly membrane    
belly wall    
belly blown (burst belly, belly burst)    
belly cavity    
belly flap    
belt freezer    
benzene    
benzo[a]pyrene    
benzoate    
benzoic acid    
best-before date    
betaine    
BHT (butylated hydroxy toluene)    
bilgy fish (as in anaerobic spoilage)    
binary ice (flow ice, slurry ice)    
bioaccumulation    
bioactive substances    
bioassay    
bioavailability    
biocatalyst    
biochemcial oxygen demand (BOD)    
biodegradable films (as in packaging)    
biogenic amines    
biological condition    
biological factor (as in intrinsic quality)    
biological hazard    
biological oxygen demand, BOD    
biological preservation    
biological quality (intrinsic quality)    
biological value (as in nutritive value of a protein or fish meal)    
biomagnification    
biopolymer    
biopolymer    
biopreservation    
bioreactor    
biosensor    
biotechnology    
biotin    
biotoxin    
biscuit cure    
bisulphite    
bitter taste    
bitterness    
bivalve    
bixin (bixine, norbixin, annatto, anatto)    
black belly lining (belly wall lining)    
black lining (belly wall lining)    
black membrane (belly wall lining)    
black skin (belly wall lining)    
black spot disease    
black spot (as in melanosis in crustacea)    
blackberry cod    
blackberry mackerel    
blackberry odour (diesel, paraffin-like, kerosene odour, weedy)    
blackening (as from the ink bag parasite)    
blackening (as in canned fish)    
blanching    
blank (as in uncoated fish finger)    
blast freezer    
blast freezing    
bleached    
bleaching    
bled    
bleeding (exsanguination)    
blemish    
bloater    
block fillet    
block ice    
block press    
blood curd    
blood meat (dark muscle of tuna)    
blood spot (blood mark)    
blood stains    
blood pickle    
bloom (brightness of newly caught fish)    
blowfly    
blown can    
blown oil    
blue spot    
blueing    
BOD    
boiling    
boil-in-the-bag    
bone    
bone content    
bone separator    
boned (as in boneless)    
boneless    
boneless fish meat    
boneless kipper (boned kipper)    
boning    
bottling    
botulinal poisoning (botulinum poisoning)    
botulinum cook    
botulinum organism (Clostridium botulinum)    
botulinum toxin    
botulism    
bound water    
boxing    
brado (kipper-like product, Netherlands)    
brain spiking    
Bratbuckling (fried, cold smoked herring, Germany)    
breaded products    
breading (as in coated products)    
breaking force    
brevetoxin    
brine    
brine bath (brine tank, brine tub, brine vat)    
brine freezing    
brine immersion freezer    
brine strength    
brineometer (brine gauge, brinometer, salimeter, salinometer)    
brineometer degrees    
brining    
brining time    
broad tapeworm    
Brocothrix thermosphacta    
broodstock    
brown fish meal    
brown FK (kipper dye)    
brown meat (as in crustacea)    
brown muscle (dark muscle, red muscle)    
browning (as in brown discoloration of fish flesh from various causes)    
bruise    
bruising    
buckling    
budu (fermented fish product)    
bulk freezing    
bulk stowage    
bulking (as in bulk stowage)    
burnt tuna    
burst belly (belly burst)    
butchering    
butt end (of lobster tail)    
butterfly (as in shrimp processing)    
butterfly fillet    
butylated hydroxy toluene (BHT)    
by-catch    
by-product    
cadaverine    
cadmium    
cake ice    
calcium    
calcium chloride    
calicivirus    
calorific value (energy value)    
calpain    
Campylobacter spp.    
can    
can integrity    
can seam    
candling    
canned fish    
canning    
canthaxanthin    
CAP (controlled atmosphere packaging)    
Capillaria spp.    
capillary electrophoresis    
carbohydrate    
carbon dioxide    
carbon dioxide snow    
carbon monoxide    
carbon dioxide freezer    
carbonyls    
carchatoxin    
carnosine    
carotenoid    
carotenoprotein    
carrageenans    
cartilage (as in skeletal material)    
case hardening    
catch handling    
catering    
cathepsin    
caviar    
CCP (critical control point)    
cephalothorax    
cestode    
chalkiness (chalky fish)    
chalky fish    
champagne system (as in chilled sea water stowage)    
chelating agent (as in canned fish)    
chemical contaminants    
chemical hazard    
chemical oxygen demand (COD)    
chemical pollutant    
chemical pollution    
chemical preservation    
chemical properties    
chemical spill    
chemical spoilage    
chewiness    
chilled storage    
chilled water stowage (CWS)    
chilled sea water (CSW)    
chilling    
chimney kiln (tall kiln, vertical smokehouse)    
chitin    
chitosan    
chitosan derivatives    
chitosan extraction    
chlamysin    
chloramine    
chloramphenicol    
chlordane    
chlordecone    
chlorinated hydrocarbons    
chlorination    
chlorine dioxide    
Chloromyxum thyristes (former name for Kudoa thyristes)    
chlortetracycline    
cholera    
cholesterol    
chymotrypsin    
ciguatera poisoning    
ciguatoxin    
citric acid    
classification    
clean room technology    
cleaning    
clonorchiasis    
Clonorchis sinensis (liver fluke)    
Clostridium botulinum    
Clostridium perfringens    
Clostridium welchii    
clupeotoxin    
coagulase-positive Staphylococci    
coating (enrobing) (as in coated products)    
COD (chemical oxygen demand)    
cod worm    
code of practice    
Codex Alimentarius    
Codex standard    
cohesiveness (as in texture)    
cold shortening (as in fillets)    
cold smoked    
cold storage    
cold chain    
cold marinades    
cold smoking    
cold spot (as in canning)    
cold storage flavour (cold store flavour)    
cold storage odour (cold store odour)    
cold store    
cold-adapted enzyme    
coliforms (coliform bacteria)    
collagen    
collagenase    
collar bone (nape bone)    
colony count (as in bacterial colonies)    
colorant    
colour    
colouring    
colourless smoke (carbon monoxide)    
combination treatment (hurdle technology) (as in preservation)    
commercial sterility    
comminuted    
common salt    
composition    
computer vision    
condemned (as unfit for consumption)    
condition (as in physiological state or in intrinsic quality)    
connective tissue.    
constant rate drying    
consumer attitudes    
consumer behaviour    
consumer demand    
consumer preference    
consumption pattern    
contact dermatitis    
contact freezer    
contact drying    
contaminant    
contaminated    
contamination    
continuous air blast thawer    
continuous contact freezer    
continuous immersion thawer    
continuous processing    
continuous air blast freezer    
continuous briner (mechanical briner)    
continuous freezer    
control chart    
controlled atmosphere packaging (CAP)    
convection drying    
convenience foods    
cook-chill products    
cooked marinades    
cook-freeze products    
cooking    
cooking extruder    
cooking time    
cook-out    
cooling    
cooling gel    
copepod parasites    
copper    
coral (as in lobster ovary)    
corrosion    
Corynebacterium spp.    
cosmeceutical    
count (as in bacterial count)    
creatine    
creatinine    
critical control point    
critical freezing zone (critical zone)    
critical limit    
critical moisture (water) content    
cross contamination    
cross flow freezer    
crude oil spill    
crude protein content    
crumb (breadcrumb) (as in product coating)    
crushed ice    
cryoprotectant    
cryoprotection    
Cryptocotyle lingua    
cryptosporidia    
CSW (chilled sea water)    
culling (of inferior fish products from production)    
curd (coagulated protein in canning)    
curd (thick slime in spoilage)    
curing    
cut surface (as in fillet)    
cutlet    
cutting    
CWS (chilled water storage)    
cyanobacterial (blue green algal) toxins    
cysteine    
cystine    
D value (decimal reduction time, thermal reduction time)    
daily dietary intake    
damper (as in smoking kiln)    
dark fleshed fish    
dark muscle (dark meat)    
date marking    
date stamping    
days-in-ice    
deboned fish flesh    
deboner    
decimal reduction time (reduction time, D value)    
decomposition (rotting stage of spoilage)    
deep chilling    
deep freezing    
deep water species    
defatted    
defect    
defectives    
deflecting index    
defrosting (as in release of frozen product from a contact freezer)    
defrosting (as in removal of frost from a cooling coil)    
defrosting (as in thawing of frozen products)    
degritted    
degritting    
dehydration (dessication)    
de-icing    
delicatessen products    
demerit point system    
demerit points    
demersal fish    
denaturation (as in protein changes occurring during frozen storage)    
denaturation (as in rendering unfit for human consumption)    
denature    
denatured    
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)    
depleted (as in spawning)    
depuration (of biological and chemical contaminants, taint)    
descaled    
descaling (as in removal of fish scales)    
descriptive test    
descriptor    
deshelling    
dessication (dehydration)    
detection threshold (as in sensory assessment of a stimulus)    
detergent    
deterioration (as in progressive loss of quality)    
deveined    
deveining    
dewatering    
dewatering press    
DHA (docosahexaenoic acid)    
diacyl glyceryl ether    
diarrhoeic (diarrhoetic, diarrhetic) shellfish poisoning (DSP)    
dibenzo[a,h]anthracene    
dieldrin    
dielectric thawing    
dienoic fatty acid    
diesel flavour or odour    
diesel oil spill    
diet    
dietary intake    
difference test (discrimination test) (as in sensory assessment)    
differential scanning calorimetry    
diffusion drying    
diglyceride    
dimethylamine (DMA)    
dimethyl-b-propiothetin    
dimethylsulphide (DMS)    
dinoflagellates    
dinophysistoxin (DTX)    
dioxin-like PCBs    
dioxins    
diphyllobothriasis    
Diphyllobothrium latum    
Diphyllobothrium spp.    
discards    
discoloration    
discrimination test (difference test) (as in sensory assessment)    
disinfectant    
disinfection    
disodium hydrogen phosphate (disodium hydrogen orthophosphate, dibasic sodium phosphate)    
distribution    
distribution chain    
DMA (dimethylamine)    
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)    
DNA-probe    
DNA-typing    
docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)    
domoic acid    
double fillet (block fillet)    
double freezing    
double naped    
double seaming (as in canning)    
drained weight    
draining    
dried fish    
dried salted fish (salted and dried fish; salted dried fish; dried saltfish)    
dried shrimp    
drip    
drip loss    
dripper (herring horse, standard) (as used for dripping or draining)    
dripping (hanging) (as in brined fish prepared for smoking)    
droptail (looseneck) (as in cooked lobster)    
dry salt curing    
dry ice    
dry salting    
drying    
drying curve    
drying tunnel    
drying rate    
DSP (diarrhoeic, diarrhoetic, diarrhetic shellfish poisoning)    
DTX (dinophysistoxin)    
dun (a mould)    
duo-trio test (as in sensory assessment)    
dye (colour, colouring, colorant)    
earthy/muddy odours/flavours    
eating quality    
EC freshness grades (as the Grading Regulations)    
EC grading scheme    
Echinostoma spp.    
echinostome    
economics    
ectoparasite    
edible coating    
edible film (as in packaging)    
edible portion (of aquatic organism)    
EDTA (ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid)    
effluent    
effluent control    
effluent treatment    
eicosanoid    
eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)    
elasticity (rubberiness, springiness) (as in texture assessment)    
electrical resistance thawing    
electrical thawing    
electronic nose    
electrophoresis    
electroporation (high voltage electric gradient pulses for controlling spoilage flora)    
electrostatic smoking    
ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay)    
end distortion (as in can)    
endoparasite    
end-product inspection    
end-product testing    
energy value (calorific value)    
enrobed (coated product)    
enrobing (as in product coating)    
ensilage    
ensilation    
ensiling    
Enterobacter    
enterobacteria    
enterotoxin    
enterovirus    
environmental health    
enzyme    
enzyme electrode    
enzymic browning    
enzymic changes    
enzymic lipolysis    
enzymic ripening (as in pickling)    
EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid)    
Escherichia coli    
essential amino acid    
ethanoic acid (acetic acid)    
ethoxyquin    
ethyl benzene    
ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid (EDTA)    
evaporative cooling    
evisceration (gutting)    
exercise (effect on quality)    
exhausting (as in canning)    
exsanguination (bleeding)    
extension service    
extractable protein test    
extraction of phycocolloids    
extractive    
extrinsic defect    
extruder    
extrusion process    
extrusion product    
F value (thermal process value)    
face (as in cut surface of fillet)    
factory design    
factory hygiene    
factory operation    
factory ship (factory vessel)    
faecal coliforms    
faecal streptococci    
falling rate drying    
farmed fish    
fast twitch muscle    
fat    
fat / water relationship    
fat composition    
fat content    
fat measurement    
fat meter    
fatty acid composition    
fatty acid    
fatty fish    
feed    
feed formulation    
feeding    
feedy fish    
fermentation    
fermented fish    
fermenting    
fertiliser    
fetid (as in stinking of spoiled fish)    
FFA (free fatty acid)    
fibrillar protein    
ficin    
fill (as in canning)    
fillet    
fillet block    
fillet block production    
filleting    
filth    
finnan haddock    
FINS (forensically informative nucleotide sequencing)    
firebed (as in smoking kiln)    
firebox (smoke producer)    
firmness (as in texture of fish flesh)    
fish allergy    
fish box    
fish cake    
fish content    
fish conversion ratio (as in animal feeding)    
fish farming    
fish finger (fish stick)    
fish flour    
fish frame    
fish gel    
fish hold (as on fishing vessel or factory ship)    
fish hydrolysate    
fish liver oil    
fish market    
fish meal    
fish mince    
fish names    
fish offal    
fish oil    
fish paste    
fish pâté    
fish poisoning    
fish portion    
fish protein concentrate (FPC)    
fish protein hydrolysate    
fish pumping    
fish sauce    
fish sausage    
fish silage    
fish solubles    
fish species    
fish spread    
fish stick    
fish supply chain    
fish tissue    
fish tapeworm    
fish tester    
fishing ban    
fishing method    
fishing vessel    
fishroom (as in fishing vessel stowage area, fish hold)    
fishy odour    
flabby (as in limp fish flesh)    
flake (myotome) (block of fish muscle)    
flake ice    
flap (as in fillet)    
flash freezing    
flat sour (as in canning)    
flatfish    
flatworm    
Flavobacterium spp.    
flavonoid    
flavour    
flavour profile    
flavouring agents    
Fleckhering (split, hot smoked herring, Germany)    
flesh recovery (as in deboning)    
flexible pouch    
flexure    
flies    
flipper (as in canning)    
flow diagram    
flow ice    
fluidised bed freezer    
fluke    
fluorescence    
fluorescence spectroscopy    
fluoride    
folding test (as in kamaboko properties)    
food additive    
food contaminant    
food hygiene    
food ingredient    
food intolerance    
food labelling    
food law, food legislation    
food packaging    
food pathogen    
food poisoning    
food poisoning organism    
food processing    
food product    
food quality    
food safety    
food standard    
food-borne disease    
food-borne illness    
forced convection smokehouse    
foreign body    
formaldehyde    
formic acid    
FPC (fish protein concentrate)    
frame mince    
frank (as of spoilage, obvious)    
free amino acid    
free fatty acid (FFA)    
freezant (refrigerant)    
freeze drier    
freeze drying    
freezer    
freezer burn    
freezer capacity    
freezer load    
freezer output    
freeze-thaw cycling    
freezing    
freezing point    
freezing time    
freezing tunnel (air blast freezer, tunnel freezer)    
freezing zone    
freezing-at-sea    
fresh    
fresh fish flavour    
freshness    
frost heave (as in cold store)    
frost sensor    
frozen food cabinet    
frozen portion    
frozen product    
frozen storage    
frozen-at-sea    
fuel oil spill    
fugu (puffer fish)    
full (as in fish about to spawn)    
full meal (whole meal) (as in fish meal)    
fully dried fish product    
functional byproduct    
functional properties (as for processing)    
fungal parasite    
furans    
gaffelbitar (fermented herring product)    
gaffing    
gaping (as in fillet)    
gas flushing (as in packaging)    
gas pack    
gas packed    
gas packing    
gas sensor    
gasoline spill    
Gaspé cure    
gastroenteritis    
gel electrophoresis    
gel strength    
gelatine    
gelation    
gelling    
gelling properties    
gempylotoxin    
geosmin    
gibbing (gipping)    
Glasgow pale    
glass transition temperature (of glassy state)    
glassy state    
glaze (as in protective coating of ice on frozen product)    
glazed product    
glazed weight    
glazing    
globefish (puffer fish) poisoning    
gloss (sheen on cut surface of fillet)    
glucose    
glucose oxidase    
glutamic acid    
glutathione    
glyceryl ether    
glycine    
glycogen    
glycolysis    
GMP (good manufacturing practice)    
Gnathostoma spp.    
Gnathostoma spp.    
gnathostomiasis    
golden cutlet    
gonad    
gonad index    
good manufacturing practice (GMP)    
GR Torrymeter    
grade    
grading    
gravad fish (sugar-salted)    
greasy haddock (greaser)    
greening (as in discoloration of product)    
Grillotia erinaceus    
gross composition (proximate composition)    
gross protein value (of fish meal)    
growth factor    
gut cavity    
guts (viscera)    
gutted    
gutting (eviscerating, evisceration)    
H&G (headed and gutted)    
HAB (harmful algal bloom)    
HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point)    
haem pigment    
haem protein    
haemoglobin    
halophiles    
halophilic spoilage bacteria (halophiles)    
handling (handling methods)    
handling equipment    
handling onboard    
Haplorchris    
hard cure    
hard roe (roe)    
hard smoking (hard cure)    
hard swell (as in canning)    
hardwood (as in smoking)    
harmful algal bloom (HAB)    
harvest (catch)    
harvesting (harvesting methods)    
hazard    
hazard analysis    
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)    
headed and gutted (H&G)    
heading    
heading and gutting    
headless (beheaded, headed)    
headspace (in cans)    
health hazard    
heat (thermal) process    
heat content (as in removal of heat in chilling or freezing)    
heat induced protease    
heat processing    
heat sterilised    
heat transfer    
heat sterilisation    
heat-treated (heat-processed)    
heavy fuel oil spill    
heavy metal    
heavy (hard) cure    
heavy smoking (heavy cure)    
hedonic methods (as in sensory assessment)    
hedonic scale    
helminth    
Henneguya spp.    
hepatitis    
hepatitis A virus    
hepatopancreas    
hepatotoxin    
hermetic seal    
herring horse (dripper, horse)    
herring worm (Anisakis)    
Heterophyes heterophyes    
hexa-metaphosphate    
hexamethylenetetramine (hexamine)    
hexylresorcinol    
HFP (histamine fish poisoning)    
high pressure (performance) liquid chromatography (HPLC)    
high pressure processing    
high quality shelf life    
high voltage electric field processing    
high-intensity pulsed electric field    
hind gut (vein, of crustaceans)    
histamine    
histamine fish poisoning (HFP; histamine poisoning)    
histidine    
holding system (as in live-holding)    
honeycombing (as in cooked tuna)    
horizontal plate freezer    
horse (herring horse, dripper)    
hot smoked    
hot smoking    
HPLC (high pressure liquid chromatography)    
human consumption    
human enteric virus    
human health    
human health hazard    
human viral pathogen    
humidity    
hurdle technology    
hydrocarbon    
hydrogen sulphide producing bacteria (as in spoilage flora)    
hydrolysate    
hydrolysis    
hydroperoxides    
hygiene    
hyperbaric storage    
hypersensitivity (as in allergy)    
hypochlorite    
hypodermis    
hypoxanthine    
ice    
ice making plant (ice plant)    
icedays    
Ichthyophonus hoferi    
ichthyotoxin    
icing    
IEF (isoelectric focusing)    
image analysis    
image processing    
immersion freezer    
immersion thawing    
immunoblotting    
immunological assay, immunoassay    
immunosensor    
IMP (inosine monophosphate)    
impedance    
incipient spoilage (as in early spoilage or spoilage of raw material before processing)    
indicator organism    
individual quick freezing (IQF)    
individually quick frozen (IQF)    
indole    
industrial blocks (as in frozen blocks for fish finger/stick/portion manufacture)    
industrial fish    
industrial products    
infected    
infestation    
infested    
infra red    
ingredient    
initial freezing temperature (initial freezing point)    
initial quality (intrinsic quality)    
ink bag parasite    
inosine    
inosine monophosphate (IMP)    
in-plant chlorination    
in-rigor muscle    
insect infestation    
inspection    
insulation    
integrated quality assurance    
interleaving (as in frozen fillet pack)    
international trade    
intrinsic composition    
intrinsic quality    
intrinsic quality factors    
iodine value (iodine number) (as in degree of unsaturation of fat)    
iodoform odour    
iodophors    
IQF (individual quick freezing, individually quick frozen)    
iron    
irradiation    
irridescence    
isoelectric focusing (IEF)    
isoenzyme    
isohalic    
ivermectin    
jacketed cold store    
jacketed fishroom    
J-cut fillet    
J-cuts (of fillets)    
J-cutting (of fillet)    
jellied meat, milky condition (as in tuna)    
jelly condition    
judge (assessor)    
kaempferol    
Kalbfisch (hot smoked shark, Germany)    
kamaboko    
kazunoko (salted whole roe)    
keeping quality (storage life)    
keeping time (storage life )    
kench curing    
kerosene odour, flavour    
kerosene spill    
ketjap-ikan (fermented fish product)    
kidney blood    
kidney tissue    
Kielersprotten (hot smoked sprat, Germany)    
killing (slaughtering)    
killing methods    
kiln (as in smoking)    
kipper    
kipper dye    
kipper pâté    
kippering    
Kjeldahl method    
Kjeldahl nitrogen    
Klebsiella    
klippfisk (klipfish)    
klondyking (cooling fish in ice/salt mixture)    
klondyking (transshipping fish at sea)    
kombu    
kroepoek (expanded snack with fish or shellfish content, Malaysian)    
Kudoa spp.    
K-value    
labelling    
lacquer (as in can)    
lactate    
lactic acid    
lactic acid bacteria    
Lactobacillus    
lag time (as in bacterial growth)    
laminated block    
landing    
latent heat    
laver    
leaching (of compounds from flesh)    
lead    
leaker spoilage (canned food)    
lean fish    
Lernaecera spp.    
light (white) meat or muscle    
light box    
light cure    
light fuel oil spill    
lightly preserved product    
lipase    
lipid class composition    
lipid composition    
lipid hydrolysis    
lipid oxidation    
lipids    
lipolysis    
lipoxygenase    
liquefaction    
liquefied fish products    
liquid carbon dioxide freezer    
liquid freon freezer    
liquid holding capacity    
liquid nitrogen    
liquid nitrogen freezer    
liquid smoke    
Listeria monocytogenes    
Listeria spp.    
listeriosis    
live shipment    
live storage    
live transport    
liver fluke    
liver oil    
load line (as in frozen food display cabinet)    
locks (lox) (cold smoked salmon product, USA)    
loin (as in tuna)    
London cut (a type of split haddock)    
London kiln    
long gut    
looseneck (droptail) (as in cooked lobster)    
low acid (canned food)    
low temperature (LT) meals (as in fish meal production)    
lox (locks) (cold smoked salmon product, USA)    
lug    
lug bone    
lug flap    
lumper    
lung fluke    
lysine    
lysozyme    
maasbanker    
magnesium ammonium phosphate (struvite)    
Maillard reaction    
maitotoxin    
malodorous    
malondialdehyde (malonaldehyde)    
manganese    
MAP (modified atmosphere packaging)    
mariculture    
marinade    
marinating    
marine resources    
marinebeef    
market    
market development    
market trends    
masmin (heavily smoked, fully-dried, tuna meat)    
mass spectrometry    
master carton (outer)    
matje cure    
matt ( as without gloss on cut surface of fillet))    
maturation (as in pickling)    
maturing (ripening, maturation) (as in salt or acid pickling)    
maturity (as of stage of sexual development)    
maximum residue limit    
meal    
meal production    
meat (edible part)    
meat bone separator    
mechanical briner    
mechanical kiln    
mechanically recovered meat (MRM)    
mechanically recovered fish flesh    
medium fuel oil spill    
mehiawah ( Middle East fish sauce)    
melanin    
melanosis    
meltwater (as in melting ice)    
mercaptan    
mercury    
mesophiles    
mesophilic bacteria    
metabisulphite    
Metagonimus yokogawai    
methionine    
methyl mercury    
metmyoglobin    
Metorchis conjunctus    
microbial hazard    
microbiological count    
microbiological hazard    
microbiological limits    
microbiological modelling    
microbiological quality (sanitary quality)    
microcystin    
microflora    
micronutrient    
microorganism    
microwave cooking    
microwave drying    
microwave processing    
microwave thawing    
mild cure    
mild processing technology    
mild smoked    
mild smoking    
milkiness (as of liquefied fish flesh after protozoan parasite infection)    
milky condition, jellied meat (as in tuna)    
milt (soft roe)    
mince block (minced fish block)    
minced fish (minced fish meat, minced meat, fish mince, mince)    
mineral (as in inorganic constituents of tissue)    
minimal processing    
modelling (as in simulation of process)    
modified atmosphere packaging (MAP)    
modori effect    
moisture    
moisture content    
monitoring    
monoenoic (monounsaturated) fatty acid    
monoglyceride    
moribund    
Most Probable Number (MPN)    
mould (as in micoorganism)    
mould (as in production of frozen fillet blocks)    
mouse bioassay    
MRM (mechanically recovered meat)    
muddy / earthy odours / flavours    
multi-dimensional scaling    
multi-pass freezer    
muscle structure    
mushy texture    
musty odour    
myocomma    
myofibril    
myofibrillar protein    
myoglobin    
myosin    
myotome    
myxosporidea    
naked (as in uncoated product)    
nam-pla (fermented fish product)    
Nanophytes salmincola    
nape    
nape bone (collar bone)    
near infrared    
nematodes    
neriseihin    
net shaker    
neurotoxic shellfish poisoning (NSP)    
neurotoxin    
nisin    
nitrite    
nitrogen content    
nitrogen factor    
nitrogen freezer    
nitrogenous bases    
nitrogenous extractives    
NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance)    
nobbed fish    
nobbing    
nodularin    
nomenclature    
non-enzymic browning    
non-food products    
non-protein nitrogen    
non-returnable fish boxes    
non-thermal processing    
norbixin (bixin, bixine, annatto, anatto)    
North kiln    
Norwalk-like virus    
novel products    
novel proteins    
novel technology    
n-series (polyunsaturated fatty acids)    
NSP (neurotoxic shellfish poisoning)    
nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)    
nucleic acid    
nucleotide degradation    
nucleotides    
nuoc-mam (fermented fish product)    
nutraceuticals    
nutritional condition (of fish at capture)    
nutritional information (as in food labelling)    
nutritive value (nutritional value) (of food to consumer)    
objective test    
odour    
offal    
off-flavour    
off-odour    
ohmic heating    
oil (as in fish oil, fish liver oil, or crude oil)    
oil pollution    
oil spill    
oil taint    
okadaic acid    
omega-3 : omega-6 ratio (w-3 : w-6 ratio)    
omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids    
onboard handling    
onboard processing    
on-line measurement    
opacity    
opalescent    
operating characteristics (OC) curve    
opisthorchiasis    
Opisthorchis sinensis    
organic acid    
organism    
organoleptic properties    
ornamental products    
orthophosphate    
outer (master carton)    
out-grade    
over-exploitation    
overfilling (as in canning)    
over-pressured retorting    
overwrap    
own check (as in HACCP)    
oxidation    
oxidative rancidity    
oxyhaemoglobin    
oxymyoglobin    
oxytetracycline    
ozone (in sanitation)    
P ratio (TMA/TVB x 100)    
pack collapse (as in gas packed products)    
packaging    
packaging materials    
PAH (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon)    
paired comparison test (as in sensory assessment)    
palatability    
palytoxin    
panellist (of a sensory assessment panel)    
papain    
paraffin oil spill    
Paragonimus spp.    
paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP)    
paramyosin    
parasite    
partial freezing    
partly dried fish    
pascalisation    
pasteurisation    
pasteurised    
pathogen    
pathogenic microorganisms    
patis (fermented fish sauce)    
PCB (polychlorinated biphenyl)    
PCBs and dioxins    
PCR (polymerase chain reaction) methods    
pearl essence    
pectenotoxins    
peeling    
pelagic fish    
pellicle    
penetration test (as in texture measurement)    
Penicillium glaucum    
pepsin    
pepsin digestibility test (as applied to fish meal)    
peptide    
PER (protein efficiency ratio)    
perforated drum (as in deboning machine)    
peritoneum (belly wall lining)    
peroxide value (PV)    
personal hygiene    
pesticide residues    
pests (vermin) (as in food processing premises)    
petrol spill    
petroleum odour or flavour (diesel odour or flavour)    
petroleum product spill    
Pfiesteria toxin    
pH    
phage (bacteriophage)    
pharmaceuticals    
phenolic taint    
phenols    
Phocanema decipiens (former name for Pseudoterranova decipiens)    
phosphate    
phosphate crystals (powdery dihydrate)    
phospholipase    
phospholipid    
phosphorus    
Photobacterium phosphoreum    
photo-oxidation    
phycocolloid    
phycotoxin    
physical properties    
physical spoilage    
picked meat (as in crustacean meat removed from shell)    
pickle    
pickling (pickle curing)    
pigmentation    
pin bone    
pin bone trimmings    
pindang (salt boiled fish)    
pink (as in salted fish, or in smoked fish)    
pink patches (as in canning)    
pisciculture    
plastic box (as in fish box)    
plastic can    
plate freezing    
plate freezer    
plate ice    
platyhelminths    
Pleistophora typicalis    
Plesiomonas shigelloides    
poke (belly cavity of fish)    
pollutant    
polluted    
polluter    
pollution    
polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)    
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)    
polyenoic fatty acid    
polyhydroxyalkanoate    
polymerase chain reaction (PCR)    
polyphenol    
polyphenol oxidase    
polyphosphate    
polyphosphating    
polysaccharide    
polystyrene fish box    
polyunsaturated (as of fat, lipid, fatty acid, etc.)    
polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA)    
Porracaecum decipiens (former name for Pseudoterranova decipiens)    
port landing facilities    
portion    
portioning    
post-harvest loss    
post-harvest pigmentation    
post-process contamination    
post-rigor muscle    
potable water    
potted fish    
pound board    
powder ice (snow ice)    
practical storage life    
prahoc (fermented fish paste)    
pre-chilling (pre-cooling)    
predictive microbiology    
predictive modelling (of process or bacterial growth)    
pre-packaging    
pre-packed fish    
prerequisite programmes (PRPs; as in HACCP)    
pre-rigor muscle    
presentation (as in product)    
preservation    
preservative    
preserved products    
press liquor    
presscake    
pressure pasteurisation    
primary processing    
primary products    
prime (as in best of a quality attribute)    
prion    
probiotic    
process automation    
process chain    
process control    
process design    
process line    
process value (as in thermal processing)    
process water quality    
processed products    
processing    
processing equipment    
processing methods    
processing onboard    
processing plant    
processing specification    
processing sytems    
processing waste    
processors end (as in canning)    
product attributes    
product concept    
product description    
product development    
product innovation    
product labelling    
product modelling    
product quality    
product safety    
product specification    
production line    
pro-oxidant    
pro-oxidation    
propionic acid    
protamine    
protease    
protective clothing    
protective packaging    
protein    
protein aggregation    
protein content    
protein efficiency ratio (PER)    
protein extractability test    
protein hydrolysate    
protein solubility test    
proteinase    
protein-lipid browning    
proteolysis    
proteolytic enzyme    
protozoan parasite    
proximate analysis    
proximate composition    
Pseudomonas spp.    
Pseudoterranova decipiens    
PSP (paralytic shellfish poisoning)    
psychrophiles    
psychrophilic or psychrotrophic bacteria    
public health    
PUFA (polyunsaturated fatty acid)    
puffer (globefish) fish poisoning (puffer poisoning, tetrodontin poisoning)    
pulsed electric field    
puncture test (as in measurement of texture)    
purging (of shellfish)    
purification (of shellfish)    
purification system    
putrescine    
putty fish (plural) (as in salted fish)    
PV (peroxide value)    
pyloric caeca    
pyrophosphate (sodium acid pyrophosphate)    
QIM (Quality Index Method)    
quality    
quality assessment    
quality assurance    
quality attribute    
quality audit    
quality chain    
quality change    
quality control    
quality cost model    
quality determination (quality assessment)    
quality evaluation (quality assessment)    
quality factor (quality attribute)    
quality grading    
quality index    
quality labelling    
quality loss    
quality management    
quality mark    
quality parameter    
Quality Index Method (QIM)    
quantitative descriptive analysis (as in sensory analysis)    
quick freezing    
radappertization    
radicidation    
radioactivity    
radionuclide    
radurisation    
rakefisk (fermented trout product)    
rancid    
rancidity    
rapid freezing    
rapid methods    
rating (as in sensory assessment)    
raw (uncooked, unprocessed)    
raw odour (as in sensory assessment)    
ready-to-eat product    
recall (of product)    
recovered fish flesh (recovered flesh, recovered fish)    
red halophilic bacteria    
red herring (hard smoked herring)    
red muscle (dark muscle)    
red tide    
red whelk poisoning (tetramine poisoning)    
refiner (strainer)    
refractive index    
refreezing    
refrigerant (freezant)    
refrigerated sea water (RSW)    
refrigerated transport    
refrigerating capacity (refrigeration capacity)    
refrigeration system    
regulations    
regulatory standards    
relative humidity (rh)    
relative spoilage rate    
resealable pouch    
residue (as of pesticides and/or veterinary products in tissues)    
resource    
response surface methodology    
restructured product    
retail    
retexturing    
retort    
retort basket    
retortable pouch    
retorting    
rh    
rheology    
ribbon blender    
ribbon ice    
ribonucleic acid (RNA)    
rigor (not American spelling of 'rigour')    
rigor mortis (rigor)    
ripening (as in salt or acid pickling)    
risk analysis    
risk assessment    
riving (hanging small fish for smoking)    
RNA (ribonucleic acid)    
RNA-probe    
roe (hard roe)    
roe (soft roe)    
rollmops    
ropy brine    
rotavirus    
rough fish (trash fish) (as in low value as food)    
round-cut (as in heading)    
roundfish (describes cross section of fish as opposed to flatfish)    
roundfish (rounder) (as in whole ungutted fish)    
roundworm    
RSW (refrigerated sea water)    
rubberiness    
rusting (browning)    
safety    
salimeter (salinometer)    
Salmonella spp.    
salt    
salt penetration    
salt solubility (of protein)    
salt concentration (as in the water phase of the product)    
salt content (on a product weight basis)    
salt curing    
salt-boiled fish    
salted and dried (salted dried; dried salt; dried salted)    
saltiness    
salting    
sample    
sample size    
sampling    
sampling plan    
sand vein    
sanitary quality (microbiological quality)    
sanitation    
sanitation log    
sanitation standard operating procedures (SSOPs)    
sanitised (sterilised)    
sanitiser (steriliser)    
sarcolemma    
sarcoplasmic protein    
Sarcotaces arcticus    
sashimi    
saturated (as of lipid, fat or fatty acid)    
saturated brine    
saturation vapour pressure    
sawdust (as in smoking kiln)    
saxitoxin    
scalding    
scale ice (slice ice)    
scales (as in fish skin)    
scales (as in measuring weight)    
scales (as in sensory evaluation)    
scampi    
scombrotoxicosis, scombroid poisoning, scombroid fish poisoning (SFP), scombrotoxin poisoning    
scombrotoxin    
scorched (as in canned fish)    
score (as in sensory assessment)    
score sheet (as in sensory assessment)    
scoring (as in cuts made in the skin of fish before salting)    
scoring (as in sensory assessment)    
scum    
sea frozen (frozen-at-sea)    
sea lice    
seafood    
seafood hazard    
seafood-related illness    
seal worm    
seam damage    
seam integrity    
seam teardown (as in can inspection)    
seaming (as in canning)    
seasonal variation (as of product or species)    
seawater ice    
seaweed    
seaweed flavour    
seaweed flour (semi-refined carrageenan)    
secondary metabolites    
secondary processing    
secondary products    
Seelachs (substitute for smoked salmon, Germany)    
selenium    
self digestion (autolysis)    
sell-by date (display-until date)    
semi-preserved products (semipreserves)    
sensometric analysis (as in anaysis of sensory data)    
sensory method    
sensory properties    
sensory analysis (sensory evaluation, sensory assessment)    
sensory panel    
sequestrant    
series flow freezer    
sex    
sharp freezing    
shatterpack (as in frozen block of interleaved fillets)    
shelf life (storage life)    
shelfing    
shell waste    
shellfish    
shellfish allergy    
shellfish growing waters    
shellfish poisoning    
shellfish purification    
shellfish toxins    
shelling    
Shewanella putrefaciens    
Shewart control chart    
Shigella spp.    
shigellosis    
shoulder (as behind head of fish)    
shoulder bone    
shrimp    
shrimp count    
shrinkage (as in rigor)    
shucked    
shucked meat    
shucking    
side (single fillet, especially of salmon)    
side seam (as in can)    
side seam defect    
silage (ensilage)    
silent cutter    
single fillet    
size    
skatole    
skewer (as used in smoking kiln)    
skin    
skinless (skinned)    
skinning    
slacked fish (thawed fish)    
slice ice (scale ice)    
slicing    
slime (as forms on the surface of spoiling salted white fish)    
slime (as on the surface of fish)    
slink (as in white fish with jelly-like flesh)    
slink (spent fish)    
slow freezing    
slow twitch muscle    
slurry ice    
slush ice    
small ice    
small round viruses (SRVs)    
smoke (wood smoke) (as in smoking kiln)    
smoke density    
smoke density meter (smokemeter)    
smoke dip    
smoke flavour    
smoke generator (automatic smoke generator or producer)    
smoke producer (firebox)    
smoke solution    
smoked fish    
smokehouse (smoking kiln)    
smokemeter (smoke density meter)    
smokies    
smoking    
smoking kiln    
smoking time    
snap freezing    
snow ice (powder ice)    
sodium acid pyrophosphate    
sodium chloride    
sodium hexa-metaphosphate    
sodium hypochlorite    
sodium metabisulphite    
sodium nitrite    
sodium tripolyphosphate    
soft roe    
soft swell (as in canning)    
softwood (as in smoking)    
solar drying    
soluble nitrogen compounds    
sorbate    
sorbic acid    
sorbitol    
sorption isotherm    
sorting    
source    
sous vide (processing)    
spawning    
SPC (standard plate count)    
speat (speight, spit) (as used in smoking kiln)    
speciation (as in chemical form of an element)    
species    
species authenticity    
species identification    
specific heat capacity    
specific spoilage organism (SSP)    
specification    
speight (speat, spit) (as used in smoking kiln)    
spent fish    
spill (as in pollution)    
spilled oil    
spiral freezer    
Spiratella helicina    
Spiratella retroversa    
spit (speat, speight) (as used in smoking kiln)    
split fish    
splitting    
spoilage    
spoilage bacteria    
spoilage organisms    
spoiled    
spoiling    
spore    
Sporendomena spp.    
spray freezing    
spray thawer    
spray freezer    
spray thawing    
springer (as in canning)    
springiness (as in texture of fish flesh)    
squalene    
squeezing belt (as in deboner)    
SRV (small round virus)    
stack (as in salting)    
stack burn (in canning)    
stale fish flavour    
standard (as in regulatory specification)    
standard (herring horse, horse, dripper)    
standard plate count (SPC)    
staphylococcal poisoning    
staphylococci    
Staphylococcus aureus    
starvation (as in live-holding of fish)    
steak    
steam retorting    
sterile    
sterilisation    
steriliser    
sterilising agent    
sterility    
sterility testing    
sterol    
stickwater    
stinker (as in bilgy fish)    
stinker (as in fish described as blackberry, diesel, weedy)    
stockfish    
storage    
storage life (keeping time, keeping quality, shelf like, storage time)    
storage time    
stowage    
straight-cut (as in heading)    
Streptococcus pyrogenes    
stress (induced in fish and shellfish)    
struvite (calcium or magnesium ammonium phosphate)    
subjective test (as in assessment of like or dislike)    
substitution (of species in a product)    
succulence    
sugar salted    
sulphite    
sulphur dioxide    
superchilling (partial freezing)    
supply chain    
supply chain management    
surimi    
surimi process    
surimi-based products    
surstromming (fermented herring product)    
surveillance    
sushi    
sweating (as in smoked fish)    
syneresis (as in spontaneous separation of liquid from a gel)    
tail (as in abdomen of edible crustacean)    
tail-off    
tail-on    
taint    
tainted    
tainting    
tainting threshold    
tall kiln    
tapeworm (Grillotia erinaceus)    
tar (as in smoking kiln)    
tartaric acid    
taste    
taste panel    
taste threshold    
tasteless smoke (carbon monoxide)    
taurine    
TBA (thiobarbituric acid)    
TBARS (thiobarbituric acid reactive substances)    
technology transfer    
temperature    
temperature control    
temperature cycling    
temperature log    
temperature measurement    
temperature modelling    
temperature monitoring    
temperature treatment    
tempering    
tempura batter    
tenter (tenterstick) (as used in smoking kiln)    
tenterhook (hook on tenter)    
tentering    
tenterstick (tenter) (as in smoking kiln)    
tetracycline    
tetramine poisoning (red whelk poisoning)    
tetrodontin poisoning (puffer fish poisoning)    
tetrodotoxin (TTX)    
texture    
texture measurement    
texture profile analysis    
texture terms    
texture profile    
thaw drip    
thaw rigor    
thawing    
thawing time    
thermal processing    
thermal reduction time D    
thermal stability (of protein)    
thermal arrest    
thermal centre    
thermal conductivity    
thermal process    
thermal process lethality    
thermocouple    
thermophile    
thermophilic    
thermophilic spoilage    
thermostat    
thiobarbituric acid (TBA) value    
thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS)    
three-alternative forced choice test, 3-AFC test (as in sensory assessment)    
tidbits (fermented herring product)    
time-temperature function integrator    
time-temperature monitor (TTM)    
tin    
TMA (trimethylamine)    
TMAO (trimethylamine oxide)    
toluene    
Torry freezer    
Torry kiln    
Torry scale (sensory evaluation)    
Torrymeter (GR Torrymeter)    
total volatile base nitrogen (TVBN), or total volatile nitrogen (TVN), or total base nitrogen    
total volatile nitrogen (TVN) (total volatile base nitrogen)    
total viable count (TVC)    
total volatile bases (TVB)    
toughness (as in texture of fish flesh)    
toxic algae    
toxigenic    
toxin    
trace elements    
traceability    
trade    
trading standards    
traditional kiln    
traditional product    
training    
transesterification (of fish oils)    
transglutaminase    
translucent (of fish flesh)    
transport    
transshipment    
transshipping    
trash fish    
trassi (fermented shrimp paste)    
trawling time    
trematode (fluke)    
triacyglycerol    
triacyl glyceride    
triangle test (as in sensory assessment)    
triangular test (triangle test)    
tributyl tin    
triglyceride (triacyglyceride)    
trimethylamine (TMA)    
trimethylamine oxide (TMAO)    
tripolyphosphate    
tropomyosin    
troponin    
truck freezer    
true digestibility (as in animal feeding tests)    
tryptophan    
TTX (tetrodotoxin)    
tube ice    
tunnel freezer    
TVB (total volatile bases)    
TVBN (total volatile base nitrogen)    
TVC (total viable count)    
typhoid fever    
tyrosine    
ultra high pressure treatment of shellfish    
ultra violet    
unacceptable (as of fish quality)    
underexploitation    
underprocessed    
under-used resources    
underutilised species    
underweight    
undeveined    
unfit (condemned) (as for human consumption)    
ungutted    
uniformity count (shrimp)    
unloading    
unsaturated (as of lipid, fat or fatty acid)    
upgrading    
uptake (as of contaminant)    
urea    
use-by date (best-before date) (as in food labelling)    
utilisation    
vacuum pack    
vacuum packaging    
vacuum seaming    
vacuum skin packaging    
vacuum dried salt    
vacuum drying    
vacuum thawing    
valorisation    
value-added    
vapour barrier (vapour seal)    
vapour pressure    
vapour seal (vapour barrier)    
variability    
V-cut fillet    
V-cut heading machine    
V-cuts (of fillets)    
V-cutting (of fillet)    
vein (gut, hind gut, intestine, weed) (of crustacea)    
vent (as in anal opening)    
venting (as in canning)    
vero cytotoxic    
vero cytotoxigenic    
vero cytotoxin    
vertical plate freezer    
vertical smokehouse    
veterinary drug residues    
Vibrio cholerae    
Vibrio parahaemolyticus    
Vibrio spp.    
Vibrio vulnificus    
viral contamination    
viral indicator    
virus    
viscera    
visual checks    
vitamin    
vivier transport    
void (as in frozen fish fillet block)    
volatile acids (organic acids produced during spoilage)    
volatile amines (TVN)    
volatile bases (odorous organic bases produced during spoilage)    
volatile hydrocarbons    
volatile reducing substances (as in spoilage)    
volatiles (gaseous compounds contributing to odour and flavour of fish)    
w (omega)-3 fatty acids, w (omega)-6 fatty acids    
wakame    
wash water    
washer system    
washing    
waste    
waste disposal    
waste management    
waste recovery    
waste reduction    
waste stabilisation    
waste upgrading    
waste water    
waste water treatment    
water / fat relationship    
water economy    
water holding capacity    
water phase    
water phase (as basis for salt concentration of the product)    
water phase salt concentration    
water quality    
water soluble protein    
water usage    
water activity (aw)    
water content    
water thawing    
wax ester    
weed (vein)    
weedy cod (blackberry cod)    
weedy odour    
weighing    
weight loss    
welfare (as in aquaculture and harvesting of fish)    
wet fish (unfrozen fish, especially chilled fish)    
wet salt curing    
wet salting    
wet stack (as in salting)    
whale worm (cetacean worm, herring worm)    
white (light) muscle or meat    
white fish    
white fish meal    
white naped (as in split salted white fish with black belly lining removed)    
white spot (as in dried salted whitefish)    
white spot (as in shrimp and prawns)    
white spot syndrome virus (shrimp)    
white-fleshed fish    
whole fish (as in gutted or ungutted fish as opposed to fillets)    
whole fish (as in intact ungutted fish)    
whole meal (full meal) (as in fish meal)    
wholesome (safe to eat)    
Wij's test (iodine value)    
wild fish    
wing (as in flap of fillet)    
wing (as in skate)    
winterised (as in processing of fish oil)    
wood chips (wood shavings) (as in smoking kiln)    
wood shavings    
wood smoke (as in smoking kiln)    
worm (cod worm, herring worm, etc.)    
xanthan    
xanthine    
xenobiotic    
xylene    
yeasts    
yellow fish (especially cold smoked white fish)    
yellow head syndrome virus (shrimp)    
yellow spot (as in cuttlefish)    
Yersinia enterocolitica    
yessotoxin    
yield    
zeaxanthin    
zinc    
zoonosis    
zoonotic parasites