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INDEX 



Oil. See Fish oil 



Oil cloth, 265-266 



Ore flotation agents, 267 



Organoleptic examination methods 



for clams, 277 



for crab, 277 



for fillets and steaks, 276 



for grading fish, 367-368 



for lobster, 277 



for oysters, 277 



for shrimp, 276-277 



for whole fish, 276 

 Otter trawl. See Gear, fishing 

 Over-fishing, 19 

 Oxidation of fish oils 



antioxidants, effect on, 360-361 



bacterial decomposition and, 360 



in cured fish, 329 



dark meat of fish and, 361 



in extracted fish oils, 360 



in fish meal, 227-229 



freezing point of water, relation to, 360 



haematin compounds and, 361 



induction curve for, 360 



mechanism of, 359-360 



rate compared to other oils, 360 



in tuna, 103 

 Oysters, 183-186 



breaded, 185 



byproducts, 186 



canned, 185-186 



characteristics, fresh, 277 



composition, 186 



frozen, 185 



harvesting, 184 



season, 39 



shucking, 184-185 



species description, 183-184 



statistics, 27, 30, 186, 315 



stew, 185 



washing, 185 



pH 



changes during rigor, 358 



as freshness test, 372-373 



pickled fish and, 327 

 Pacific mackerel, 135-136 



canned, 136 



for meal and oil, 140-145 



statistics, 27, 31 

 Packaging, 293-294 



crab, 202, 205 



fish sticks, 77-78 



flounder and sole, 73 



haddock, 64-66 



halibut, 127-129 



frozen fish, 293-294 



ocean perch, 70-71 



shrimp, 176, 178-179 



whiting, 68 

 Paint, 265 

 Parasites, 70 



effect on abundance of fish, 18 

 Pasteurization, 355 



of crab, 198 

 Pearl essence, 247-248 

 Perch, ocean. See Ocean perch 

 Perch, yellow, 31 

 Petfood 



canning fish for, 237 



tuna for, 99 



whale meat for, 215 

 Phosphorus content, 256, 347 

 Pickled fish 



principles of pickling, 326-327 



production methods, 333-334 



statistics, 324-325 



types of products, 334 

 Pike, yellow, 31 

 Pilchard. See Sardines 

 Pink salmon, 108. See also Salmon 



Alaska Peninsula fishery. 111 



British Columbia fishery, 112-113 



Cook Inlet fishery, 111-112 



Copper River fishery, 112 



description of, 108 



Prince Williams Sound fishery, 112 



Puget Sound fishery, 113 



Southeastern Alaska fishery, 112 

 Pitchforks, 66 

 Plankton, 22-23 

 Plasticizers, 268 

 Pollack, 31, 65, 67 

 Pollution, 20-21 

 Porgy, 31, 74 



Portions, fish. See Fish sticks and portions 

 Potassium content, 347 

 Pots, crab and lobster. See Gear, fishing 

 Power block, 51, 88 

 Precooking, 94-95, 316 



food processing hazards with, 357 

 Preservation. See Method of, such as 



canning, curing 

 Presses, fish meal, 226 



for sardine meal, 141-142 

 Printing inks, 266 

 Processing. See types of processing as 



Canning, Freezing 

 Protein, 344-346 



browning reaction of, 359 



denaturation of, 358-359 



rusting and, 359 



