Open AccessCASE STUDY OF TWO SMALL‐SCALE TILAPIA PROCESSING OPERATIONS
Author(s) -
Nelson Robert G.,
Behrends Leslie L.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of the world mariculture society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1749-7345
pISSN - 0735-0147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-7345.1982.tb00029.x
Subject(s) - tilapia , fish processing , biology , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , scale (ratio) , unit (ring theory) , information processing , data processing , computer science , database , mathematics , mathematics education , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience
Preliminary case studies indicate that a wide range of labor efficiencies may exist among tilapia processing operations. Efficient use of personnel on the processing line seems to be as important as skill or experience in improving labor efficiency. Processing rate and dressout percentage are used with information on costs and prices from the literature to estimate the minimum quantity of tilapia necessary to support a processing plant and the unit cost of processing at that level. The implications are discussed with respect to the integration of tilapia into existing fish farming, processing, and marketing practices in the southeastern United States.