Fish Processing Companies Research Articles

Analysis of the Production Area Planning of Ground Fish at CV Hadori in East Lampung District

This study investigates production scale planning at CV Hadori, a fish processing company, using Break-Even Point (BEP) analysis and linear trend forecasting. The company faces significant overproduction of minced fish, leading to excess inventory and reduced profits. The research employs a descriptive quantitative approach, analyzing historical production and sales data through trend analysis and BEP calculations. Findings indicate that CV Hadori must produce and sell over 405,436 kg of processed fish in 2026 to achieve profitability. Recommendations include optimizing production and sales strategies, investing in appropriate machinery, and continuously monitoring market conditions to adjust forecasts. Effective production planning will help minimize surplus, enhance profitability, and ensure long-term sustainability.

Комплексная оценка экологической, социальной и управленческой эффективности предприятий рыбодобывающей и рыбоперерабатывающей отрасли

The purpose of the work is to form provisions for determining a comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of the activities of a fishing and fish processing company in the field of ecology, social responsibility and in matters of management activities. When forming this assessment, indicators are taken into account that characterize the effectiveness of environmental protection measures; improvement of working conditions of employees, organization of corporate governance. To aggregate these characteristics, methods based on the position of the theory of fuzzy sets are proposed. The computing complex itself for processing information about the state of controlled parameters is implemented in the form of a hierarchical fuzzy inference system and an additional block that is used to distribute objects of analysis by state classes. The computing complex includes fuzzy inference systems based on the Sugeno algorithm. As a result of aggregation of the estimated parameters, two estimates are formed: one allows you to rank the analyzed objects, the second – to correlate the object of analysis with a certain class of state. The simulation showed that the computing complex has a high sensitivity: if at least one of the input variables is in the range of low (bad) values, this leads to a decrease in the value of the final score. This property makes it possible to exclude the occurrence of massaging of “bad” values of individual variables with “good” values of other variables. The results of the study confirmed the ability of the complex to distribute the objects of analysis by state classes. The results can be used for the development of corporate governance systems that are oriented for use in enterprises of the fisheries industry.

A study of energy use and associated greenhouse gas emissions in Norwegian small-scale processing of whitefish

This study considers the energy use and associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at three fish processing companies, representing a seasonal small-scale whitefish processing industry within the Norwegian coastal fisheries. The primary objective is to analyse the energy use in small-scale processing of whitefish and to provide energy requirements for primary processing, freezer and freezer storage, and drying. The study also discusses the environmental importance of the fish processing stages as compared to fishing vessels in seafood value chains. The results show that initial processing and cold storage has an average energy use of 132 kWh/ton of raw material. Freezing and freezer storage and drying have energy consumptions of 449 and 203 kWh/ton, respectively. Energy use per unit of volume decreases as the amount of raw material increases. This study finds that small-scale whitefish processing may account for a significant share of the total energy consumption and associated GHG emissions from fishing vessels and processing stages. The energy related GHG emissions are highly dependent upon the electricity mix and energy sources in general. The representativeness of the results is limited given that the three companies considered in this case study operate under very specific conditions, i.e., they are small-scale actors operating within a seasonal and geographically limited coastal fishery. Future research could utilize data from a larger number of facilities and do long-term statistical analysis of energy use in different fish processing stages. The use of advanced metering systems has proven suitable for such purposes, and could be supplemented by installation of permanent monitoring equipment such as “panel servers” to record energy use for specific processes within whitefish processing.

Working capital management and firm sales growth: Evidence from fish processing industry

AbstractWorking capital management (WCM) is a critical matter for the growth of firms, especially small and medium‐sized manufacturing companies faced with liquidity shortages whose current assets account for a significant part of their investments. These characteristics describe most companies in the fish processing industry. Using a sample of more than 1050 European fish processing companies during the period 2013–2020 and applying dynamic panel data methods, this paper analyses the extent to which working capital investment and financing policies affect firm's sales growth. The empirical evidence reveals that the trade credit channel (i.e., accounts receivable and accounts payable) enhances sales growth, while the opposite effect is found for investment in inventories. Additionally, the findings insist on the importance of financing current assets with positive working capital to boost sales growth. [EconLit Citations: C23, G31, L25, L79, Q22].

Relationship between the level of education with the quality employee work in fish processing companies in PT. Triko Bina Nusantara in Dongkala Village, Pasarwajo District, Buton Regency

This study aims to determine the relationship between the level of education with the quality of work of employees at PT. Triko Bina Nusantara. this research was conducted in Dongkala village, Pasarwajo district, Buton regency during September to October 2020. the method used in this study is the census method, with a total of 30 respondents. the analysis used is chi-square. the data consists of the level of education and quality of work of employees. the results showed that the relationship between the level of education and the quality of work has a significance value of 0,319>(0,05), which means that there is no relationship between the level of education with the quality of work of employees at PT. Triko Bina Nusanatara.

Utilization of Fish Scales for Non-Food Products : A Review

This article aims to review the potential of fish scale waste as a processed material and its application to various fields of the non-food industry. The method used in this process is a qualitative descriptive method using data collected from secondary sources. Fish scales are residual waste that can be obtained from waste created in fish sales or fish processing companies. This type of waste has the potential to be utilized because it contains various kinds of organic materials that can be reprocessed to become new products. Fish scales waste can be used directly into handicraft products, including brooches, beading (sequins) and used indirectly in the form of products from collagen extraction, including fish glue and products from chitosan fish scales, including bioplastics, biocoagulants, and Rhodamin B dye adsorbents. The importance of utilizing fish scale waste is that it can increase the selling value of fish scales which were once just waste into potentially useful materials, reduce environmental pollution, encourage the concept of a green economy, and create a zero waste environment in the fishery product industry. From the data that has been collected, it can be concluded that fish scale waste can be used in various non-food industries and can be processed into various products, this includes the use of fish scales as craft products such as brooches or key chains, processing fish scales into adhesives, and extraction of chitin from fish scales to be used as additives for bioplastics, biocoagulants, and rhodamine b adsorbents.

Filling in the Urban Space: The “Port-Petrovsk” Fishery and Elemental Urbanization in Makhachkala

Abstract The paper is a case study of “Port-Petrovsk”, a large fishing and fish processing company in Makhachkala (Dagestan, Russia) that was purposefully driven to bankruptcy in 2007, leading some 5,300 people to lose their workplaces as well as access to many social services. The factory was bankrupted as there existed a small group willing to get rich on its assets. A considerable portion of the company’s former premises has already been sold and new apartment buildings have been erected there. Former workers and shareholders have been trying to reclaim their property and save the remaining company premises from being sold to developers. The case is presented against the background of what has been called elemental urbanization: a dynamic, chaotic and informal way of development of urban space in Makhachkala, one of the fastest growing cities in Russia. The whole process of conflict and negotiations around the company assets shows how property rights in Dagestan challenge the Western-set dichotomy of the individual versus the collective. Moreover, it presents property rights as a bundle that consist of legal, economic, and moral dimensions.

Economic Valuation of Moratorium and Transhipment Policy to Tuna Fisheries Business, Study Case in Bitung, North Sulawesi

The policy of moratorium on ex-welding vessels, according to Ministerial Regulation No. 56/2014, has an impact on tuna fishery conditions. Behind this policy is due to the heavy losses from the fisheries sector caused by the operation of these ex-foreign ships. This study evaluated the impact of policy by production surplus measurement techniques. The survey was conducted on capture fisheries companies, fish processing companies, and traditional processing groups. Data were analyzed by economic valuation using the extended cost-benefit analysis (ECBA) approach. The study results showed that as long as this policy is implemented, it will cause a decrease in the benefits of 9 tuna fisheries business actors by Rp1.23 trillion per year. Economic and social impacts of Rp 2.63 trillion per year, consisting of economic impacts of Rp1.35 trillion per year and social impacts of Rp1.28 trillion per year, which caused 19,972 people to lose their job. Keywords: cost cost benefit analysis, economic impact, social iImpact, valuation

The Association between Heat Exposure and Hydration Status Among Production Workers in Fish Processing Company

Background: Hot work environment can cause various subjective and objective complaints for workers. When workers perform activities under hot work environment, their body will react by balancing the amount of heat received by the body from outside the body and the loss of water in the body. Hydration status is the condition achieving the balance between water intake and water discharge from the body. Bad hydration status or de-hydration can cause various changes in the body physiological functions. This study was intended to see the association between heat exposure and hydration among production workers in Fish Processing Company Sawangan, Depok.Method : A cross sectional study with 88 respondents, selected as a total sampling. The study was conducted on November 2017 until January 2018. Data analysis were used by SPSS version 20.0.Result: There is no significant difference between the specific gravity of urine before and after working (p=0.076). However, 37.5% of the workers had dehydration. There is a significant association between the work environment temperature and hydration status (p=0.002), and also between water intake and status of hydration (p=0.013). Work environment temperature is the most dominant risk factor to influence dehydration (p=0.000; OR= 9.305; 95%CI=2.727-31.748)Conclusions: There is a significant association between heat exposure and hydration status (p=0.000; OR=9.305). The number of workers that were exposed to heat and experienced dehydration is 33 people (37.5%). Water intake turns to be the individual factor that influences the status of hydration of the workers exposed to heat. The work factor that influences the hydration status of the workers is the work environment temperature.

Economic and technical feasibility of AnchoisFert organic fertilizer production

Is the production of the “AnchoisFert” organic fertilizer via the circular economy process based on omega-3 lipid extraction of milled anchovy fillet leftovers with citrus limonene followed by mild drying economically and technically viable? This study answers this question and identifies the main obstacles, chiefly of economic and organizational nature, to be overcome prior to commercialization of this new organic fertilizer. Along with non-variable and proven efficacy, successful competition with conventional organic and inorganic fertilizers requires affordable cost and regular supply. This, inter alia, requires to establish new and mutually beneficial relationship between bioeconomy firms and fish processing companies.

A socio-ecological system perspective on trade interactions within artisanal fisheries in coastal Kenya

Assessments of coastal artisanal fisheries are progressively adopting a social-ecological system (SES) approach as an effective means to accumulate knowledge and integrate findings on different aspects of the fisheries. Ostrom’s SES framework was used to guide assessment of interactions between and within the harvesting and supply-chain processes and the effect of external drivers, seasonal monsoons and tourism, on both processes in a coastal artisanal fishery system in Gazi Bay, Kenya. Specific analyses focused on seasonal catch composition, key resource user groups involved in the fish trade and the resource units traded by each user group. The snowball method was used to identify key resource user groups within the fishery sector, who were then interviewed using semi-structured questionnaires (n = 60). Additionally, existing annual shore-based catch assessment and monthly fish landings data for the years 2014 and 2015 were incorporated for analysis of artisanal catch properties (species composition and weight). Comparison of seasonal catch composition was carried out using sample-based rarefaction curves. Higher fish landings and higher species diversity were recorded during the North-East Monsoon season. Further, a simple fish harvesting-supply network comprising of six key resource user groups (i.e. hotels, fish processing companies, dealers, small-scale fish processors (mama karanga), fish mongers and fishers) was outlined. The tourism industry, through hotels, creates a high demand for fish coinciding with a higher catchability and supply during the calm North-East Monsoon season and consequently, dealers hire migrant fishermen to target pelagic fish. Evidence of interactions within and between different fishery sub-systems, as well as the effect of monsoon seasons and tourism on the exploitation and market dynamics of the multispecies fishery, highlight the need for comprehensive management plans to strengthen self-organization among resource users and to increase adaptive capacity within the fishery system.

Women's Sense of Security at Work: Maternal Role and Fear of An Uncertain Future

Women's participation in the work space is needed, however, the workplace's ability to provide a sense of security for women is still not optimal, especially when pregnant or breastfeeding. This study aimed to explore the construction of female workers' sense of security when carrying out their maternity roles. This study used qualitative approach with thematic analysis methods to construct a sense of safety variable. The respondents were eight women who cleaned and skinned fish in fish processing companies. The results showed that female workers have concerns and fears when carrying out their maternal roles (pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding), which hinders the formation of a sense of security work. Little or less sense of security felt by female workers comes from three major themes, namely physical demands at work, a work environment that is not conducive and uncertainty in work relationships that raise concerns in carrying out their maternal roles. Security for working women is not only determined by physical security, but also by the degree of certainty or uncertainty in the work relationship.

Extraction and Characterization of Collagen from Elasmobranch Byproducts for Potential Biomaterial Use.

With the worldwide increase of fisheries, fish wastes have had a similar increase, alternatively they can be seen as a source of novel substances for the improvement of society’s wellbeing. Elasmobranchs are a subclass fished in high amounts, with some species being mainly bycatch. They possess an endoskeleton composed mainly by cartilage, from which chondroitin sulfate is currently obtained. Their use as a viable source for extraction of type II collagen has been hypothesized with the envisaging of a biomedical application, namely in biomaterials production. In the present work, raw cartilage from shark (Prionace glauca) and ray (Zeachara chilensis and Bathyraja brachyurops) was obtained from a fish processing company and submitted to acidic and enzymatic extractions, to produce acid-soluble collagen (ASC) and pepsin-soluble collagen (PSC). From all the extractions, P. glauca PSC had the highest yield (3.5%), followed by ray ASC (0.92%), ray PSC (0.50%), and P. glauca ASC (0.15%). All the extracts showed similar properties, with the SDS-PAGE profiles being compatible with the presence of both type I and type II collagens. Moreover, the collagen extracts exhibited the competence to maintain their conformation at human basal temperature, presenting a denaturation temperature higher than 37 °C. Hydrogels were produced using P. glauca PSC combined with shark chondroitin sulfate, with the objective of mimicking the human cartilage extracellular matrix. These hydrogels were cohesive and structurally-stable at 37 °C, with rheological measurements exhibiting a conformation of an elastic solid when submitted to shear strain with a frequency up to 4 Hz. This work revealed a sustainable strategy for the valorization of fisheries’ by-products, within the concept of a circular economy, consisting of the use of P. glauca, Z. chilensis, and B. brachyurops cartilage for the extraction of collagen, which would be further employed in the development of hydrogels as a proof of concept of its biotechnological potential, ultimately envisaging its use in marine biomaterials to regenerate damaged cartilaginous tissues.

Factors Influencing the Organization of Work in a Fish Processing Industrial Enterprise

Purpose: This publication aims to assess employees’ organization of work on the example of a fish processing company. The subject of research is an exemplary industrial enterprise operating in the fish processing sector in Poland. Design/Methodology/Approach: A survey method and participating observation was used in this publication. The study was carried out on a group of 130 employees of a company involved in the fish processing industry. The values of the analyzed indicators were calculated by using the Excel program and Statistica 13. Findings: The conducted research allowed to assess work organization within the surveyed fish processing company. The studies confirmed the H1 hypothesis: The organization of work in the surveyed enterprise is average. Work organization assessment level among the employees reached 3.64 and can be considered as an average score. The research also confirmed the H2 hypothesis: In the surveyed enterprise, there are statistically significant differences in assessing the effectiveness of work between the Polish and Ukrainian employees. Work effectiveness is evaluated better by the Ukrainian (4.29) rather than the Polish employees (3). Practical Implications: The most important practical implication of the carried out research in that it is worth hiring immigrants, particularly Ukrainian workers in Poland. The research shows that they perceive the Polish industry organization much better than the Poles. Originality/Value: The analysis showed the influence of employees’ nationality on the assessment of work organization in the surveyed company. This can be viewed as proving that employing foreigners in the industry can be beneficial.

Draft Genome Sequence of a Multicountry Outbreak-Related Listeria monocytogenes Sequence Type 1247 Strain, VLTRLM2013.

We sequenced the genome of a multicountry outbreak-related Listeria monocytogenes sequence type 1247 strain (VLTRLM2013) that was isolated from a vacuum-packaged sliced salted salmon product of an Estonian fish-processing company that was obtained from an Estonian retail outlet in 2013.

The deterioration of weakly vertical linkages in tra catfish industry in An Giang Province, Vietnam

This study analyzes the vertical linkage effectiveness between fish farmers and processing companies on the mutual beneficial relationship, knowledge transfer, quality standards, embedded services, and payment before the United State (US) Department of Commerce has decided to impose new rates of antidumping taxes on tra (Pangasius) fish fillets imported from Vietnam. After conducting the first survey of 70 fish farmers and five in-depth interviews with directors of processing enterprises, representatives of provincial authority, and experts in the field during March and April of 2012 in An Giang province, Vietnam, we found that the mutual beneficial relationship was the most influent factor to vertical linkage effectiveness. However, after new rates of antidumping duties were imposed, we conducted the second survey of 17 in-depth interviews with 12 fish farmers, four local officers and one expert during April and June of 2013 in An Giang province, and recognized that almost all vertical linkages with processing companies to export to the US market have been deteriorated and dispersed.

Application of methods of modeling and forecasting for planning of operating results of fish processing enterprises

This article deals with the methodological aspects of planning activities of fish-processing companies depending on environmental temperature based on the example of group of companies “Art-Fish”, Vologda. The method of composing the regression model, which describes daily revenue trend dependence from dynamic of daily environmental temperature as a factor defining the demand for fish and fish products is proposed. The sales revenue forecasts taking into account the impact of daily environmental temperature dynamic and the weekly cycle of fluctuation in sales revenue is received. The results of approbation of this method form the basis of its usage in real conditions during the period of digital economy. This allows us making the informed decision for defining the planning volumes of production output for sales.

Classification of Milk Fish Quality using Fuzzy K-Nearest Neighbor Method Based on Form Descriptor and Co-Occurrence Matrix

Milkfish is a type of fish that lives in fresh water. Caught milkfish will be sorted at fish processing companies and will be a variety of milk, fish products in the form of cooked or in the form of fresh fish. A manual separation system of milkfish often experiences errors in the separation of fish species so that it takes a long time in the process of separating these types of fish, because it is very dependent on the skills of employees or employees. Errors in the separation of milkfish based on their size will cause a failure in the production section because it will affect the difference in the maturity level of a product, which will result in errors in the process of cooking the fish, which has an impact on the loss in the financial sector of a company. In order to maintain the quality of milkfish and speed up the sorting of milkfish, it is necessary to create a system that can help workers and employers in distinguishing the quality of milkfish based on their size. So the writer will create a system “Image Quality Classification of Milkfish Using Fuzzy K-Nearest Neighbor Method Based on Descriptors of Forms and Co-occurrence Testing was carried out using 45 images of milk fish. From the test results based on the shape feature and the co-assurance matrix produces 100%, which is in accordance with the form feature requirements and the co-insurance matrix as the reference data.

Cleaner production nodes in fish processing. Case study in Latvia

Cleaner production is a continuous and preventive approach to the environmental and energy management and allows to provide services and manufacture products with a minimum negative impact on the environment and human health using currently available technological and economic opportunities. The aim of the current research is to analyze a specific fish processing company (case study) from the viewpoint of energy and environmental management to evaluate possibility to implement cleaner production measures and therefore improve company’s performance. This study outlines preliminary results of the analysis, which can be used as a baseline for further research and optimization. Case study focuses on the analysis of electricity consumption in fish processing, which depends on technologies, products, raw materials, climatic conditions, processes etc. developed methodology algorithm presents data processing and analysis of production data to find tendencies of flexibility of power use. Testing of methodology for fish processing case study consists of the analysis of results and creation of empirical model. Results of multiple regression analysis show that obtained equation describes 75 % of the analyzed data (R2 = 0.754).

Analysis of fish refrigeration electricity consumption

The non-energy-intensive nature of the food processing industry has led to a common trend where management energy has only secondary role to other productions costs, resulting in minimal oversight from management and short-term solution. Within cold storage facilities, 60–70 % of the electrical energy used is for refrigeration. For fish processing companies, one of the main energy users are the refrigeration units. The aim of the current paper is to make an algorithm based on case study in order to evaluate fish refrigeration electricity consumption and compare results with similar studies.Energy consumption for processing fish depends on installation, equipment and process. Process of cooling and refrigeration builds up about 16 % of the total energy in canning sector. This study has shown that refrigeration builds up about 24 % in average. From calculations, it can be concluded that average electricity consumption for fish refrigeration at the factory is 380 kWh per ton of product. In literature, sources it can be found that electricity consumption for industrial freezers are 70–130 kWh per ton of product.