1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for removing the skin from fish, particularly tuna fish, during the processing thereof prior to canning, further cooking, or the like.
2. Prior Art
The process and apparatus of the present invention have been found very useful in that they represent an inexpensive and satisfactory system for skinning tuna fish. This is in sharp contrast to the many types of commercial fish skinner equipment and systems that have been used heretofore and which comprise various combinations of abrasive or cutting devices. For example, one system uses a frozen fish as thawed, and thereafter skinned, by water jets. Chemical peeling to disintegrate and loosen the skin has also been used to remove the skin. These methods are not only complicated and expensive, but many of them do not work satisfactorily on tuna fish.