Virtual tour to salmon farming

Usually the fish are taken from the pen with a landing net, but some processing plants have invested in fish pumps that pump the fish from the pen directly into the plant. Before slaughtering the salmon is anaesthetized. The guts are removed following slaughter, and the fish are washed in clean fresh water. They are then stored in tanks with ice and water to await further processing. Fish to be sold fresh and whole are packed in crates with ice. Fish requiring processing are filleted manually or by machine. The biggest plants have machines. Machines can also remove the skin and bones from the fillets.