Quality Enhancing Equipment

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Quality Enhancing Equipment

• Alex Gardner, MUN

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Outline

• Objective - Quality Improvements
• Overview of Available Equipment
• Options For Larger/Smaller Vessels

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Components

• Handling Tank to Reduce Broken Shrimp
• Ice Slurry machines
• Slurry Holding tanks
• Insulated Boxes
• Automated by-catch separator conveyor
• Hopper system

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Options

• Existing Fleet
• Chill Tank
• Ice slurry
• Insulated box - bag combination

• Longer Vessels
• Chill Tanks
• Ice Slurry
• Tanks
• Automated Sorting
• Insulated Boxes

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Larger Vessel Operations

• Minimal Handling

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• Protected from Sun and Heat
• Low Height
• Sloped Floor Chilled Water to Move
• Shrimp

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• Hydraulic Door Opening

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To Box
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• In-Feed Hopper to By-Catch Separator to Boxing

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Smaller Vessel option
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Smaller Vessel Option

• Holding Tank vs. Pen Board Holding
• Advantage - No Shovelling or Sweeping

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• Sealed Tank with Chilled Water Added

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• Cover to Aid in Rolling Out the Trawl

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• Flat Floor, Rectangular Fish Hold for Boxing

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Ice Slurry
Mixing Tank
Generator
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Ice Slurry Continued

• Superchilled to -2oC
• Reduced the temperature of the Shrimp to a final
  temp of -0.7oC

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Boxing

• Boxing will increase the quality of the shrimp,
  less handling and will increase the shelf life.
• Combination of bags and boxing will also help the
  quality.

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Conclusions

• Using Ice Slurry and Chill tanks will greatly
  increase the quality and shelf life of shrimp,
  and can be implemented on the existing fleet
• Other systems can be implemented on larger
  vessels and would also increase the value of the
  shrimp
• By catch separator
• Large boxes
• Etc.

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Questions?

• Comments?