An assembly for cleaning and cooking seafood or crustacea has a container with an interior volume defined by a wall, a basket removably received in the interior volume of the container, a pipe positioned adjacent to the wall and having a plurality of apertures adapted to direct the flow of water into an interior of the basket, a connector fluidically connected to the pipe, and a pot spaced from the container. The container has a bottom and an upper edge. The basket has a plurality of openings through a wall thereof. The connector has a portion extending outwardly of the wall of the container. The basket is removably received in the pot.

A machine for filleting fish includes a filleting station with two circular, rotating cutting blades arranged to perform plane cutting of the fish. To increase yield, the cutting blades are movable towards or away from each other by a linear actuator.

A fish filleting machine for cutting fillets from fish includes a first set of cutting blades and a second set of cutting blades located along a feed-line and each configured for cutting the dorsal or the ventral part of the fish by cutting towards and along the vertebral column. The first set of cutting blades and the second set of cutting blades are located in relation to each other such that the first set of cutting blades and the second set of cutting blades are not located directly horizontally above and below each other, and/or cutting parts of the first set of cutting blades and the second set of cutting blades cutting towards the vertebral column are not located directly horizontally above and below each other.

A fish filleting stand device for holding a fish belly-up for cleaning and filleting includes a panel having a top side that is coupled to and extends between a first end and a second end. A pair of walls is movably coupled to and extends upwardly from the panel. Each of the pair of walls is movable such that a distance between the pair of walls is adjustable. The distance between the pair of walls is adjustable to accommodate a fish that is positioned on the panel between the pair of walls. The pair of walls abuts the fish when the fish is positioned between the pair of walls. A gill post is coupled to the panel. The gill post extends upwardly from the top side. A coupler is removably couplable with the gill post. The coupler releasably retains a gill of the fish that is positioned on the panel.

A fish filleting stand device for holding a fish belly-up for cleaning and filleting includes a panel having a top side that is coupled to and extends between a first end and a second end. A pair of walls is movably coupled to and extends upwardly from the panel. Each of the pair of walls is movable such that a distance between the pair of walls is adjustable. The distance between the pair of walls is adjustable to accommodate a fish that is positioned on the panel between the pair of walls. The pair of walls abuts the fish when the fish is positioned between the pair of walls. A gill post is coupled to the panel. The gill post extends upwardly from the top side. A coupler is removably couplable with the gill post. The coupler releasably retains a gill of the fish that is positioned on the panel.

A basket for use in a crustacea washing system has a wall and the bottom that defines an interior volume. The wall has a plurality of openings formed therethrough. Each of the plurality of openings open to the interior volume. The wall of the basket has an indentation formed at an outer diameter thereof. The indentation is adapted to removably extend over a water-delivery pipe of the washing system. The wall of the basket is slightly tapered so as to have a wide outer diameter at the top of the basket and a narrow outer diameter of the bottom of the basket. The indentation has a plurality of holes that are adapted to correspond to apertures of the water delivery pipe.

A compactor system for compacting associated products, for example into blocks, and for example the associated products being seafood products is provided, the system including: a compacting unit, the compacting unit including compacting means, such as a plate or spade, a horizontal drive unit, at least one motor, for example a gear motor, a receiving section, for receiving the associated products to be compact, a control panel, and optionally a rail whereon the compacting unit is arranged and moved on. Furthermore, a method of compacting a product is also provided.

A compactor system for compacting associated products, for example into blocks, and for example the associated products being seafood products is provided, the system including: a compacting unit, the compacting unit including compacting means, such as a plate or spade, a horizontal drive unit, at least one motor, for example a gear motor, a receiving section, for receiving the associated products to be compact, a control panel, and optionally a rail whereon the compacting unit is arranged and moved on. Furthermore, a method of compacting a product is also provided.

A Retractable Venting Tool has a needle with a point and an opposite shank, a knob connecting to the needle proximate the shank, a barrel receiving the needle and a primary slot guiding passage of the knob, a front spring near the tip, a rear spring away from the primary slot, and a clip outside of the barrel. The barrel has ridges outward of the primary slot, a shoulder outward of the ridges, and a head opposite the tip. The front spring compresses upon advancing the knob and needle outwardly from the tip. Upon completion of venting of a fish and turning the knob, the front spring retracts the needle abruptly. The rear spring compresses upon the knob being furthest from the tip. Before venting a fish, the rear spring imparts an axial force to the needle and cooperating with the knob retains the needle inside the barrel until needed.

A knife assembly for performing, for example, a filleting cut on a slaughtered and gutted fish has at least one cutting head. The cutting head has at least one housing with a knife unit and a drive unit for rotationally driving a knife shaft rotatably borne inside the housing. A separating knife is arranged on a free end of the knife shaft for conjoint rotation. The knife shaft is axially movable relative to the housing and is configured to be decouplable from the drive unit for the purpose of axially moving the knife shaft in such a way that rotational movement of the knife shaft can be performed independently of the axial movement of the knife shaft. An apparatus and a method are disclosed.