sacks, that is, placed the 

 polyethylene bag inside the 

 burlap bag (figure 7). 



At approximately 3:15 

 p.m. each day, a d\imp truck 

 transported the day's output 

 to the cold-storage plant. 

 Two trips were usually neces- 

 sary. The collection crew 

 of four men loaded the truck, 

 and two of the men (cold- 

 storage workers) accompanied 

 the truck to the cold-storage 

 plant *Aiere the sacks were 

 dumped near the freeier door. 

 These men then hand-trucked 

 the sacks into the freezer 

 (average temperature of 

 -18° F.) and placed them on 

 the freezer plates (figure 8). 

 This operation usually took 

 two men approximately one hour 

 per 100 sacks. Each day two 

 hand-tmck loads of sacks 

 (10 sacks per truck) were weighed. 

 65 pounds per sack. 



Figure V-4. Another view of the drain- 

 ing table shows the viscera flowing 

 down the chute, through the trap door, 

 and onto the draining table. 



The average weight was approximately 



Normally the sacks of viscera were solidly frozen in 24 hovirs. 

 After 300 to 400 sacks accumulated in the freezers, they were moved to 

 the storage room by the regular cold-storage plant crew (figure 9). 



Problema Encotintered 



Following are the 

 two main problena encoun- 

 tered during the collection: 

 (1) Fish missed by the iron 

 chink (that is, the fish 

 fed into the iron chink thiat 

 wore not carried through but 

 dropped) would fall onto and 

 clog the fin grate (figure 2), 

 The fins would then rapidly 

 pile up on the floor. When 

 this build-lip of material 

 became too high the fins 

 would wash underneath the 

 chink, down through the rear 

 grate (figure 1) into the 

 viscera chute, and then onto 



Figure V-5, The drained viscera sure sacked 

 (right) and the burlap bag is wire- tied 

 (center). 



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