Bureau of Commercial Fisheries - NMFS Scientific Publications Office

Figure 24.-A catch of royal-red shrimp, Hymenopenaeus
robustus, taken during exploratory fishing.
2. A shucker to separate the adductor muscle and
viscera from the shell.
3. An eviscerator to remove the viscera from the
adductor muscle.
Some difficulties have been experienced with processing
components, but equipment modifications have
solved many of the initial problems. Modifications of
gear and processing machinery have continued with the
goal of increasing the production rate to about 1,000
bushels of scallops per day (fig. 25).
The most successful company to date began commercial
fishing with two vessels in April 1969. These
vessels landed over 29,000 pounds of processed meats
during April, May , and June 1969.
Various vessels have made sporadic landings of
shellstock and hand-shucked meats.
Figure 25. - The Brunswick, Ga., based automated scalloper Crisway processing calico scallops on the grounds east of
Daytona Beach, Fla.
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