North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Canada 2017 Version 2.0
- 31-33 - Manufacturing
- 311 - Food manufacturing
- 3117 - Seafood product preparation and packaging
- 31171 - Seafood product preparation and packaging
311710 - Seafood product preparation and packaging
This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in canning seafood, including soup; smoking, salting and drying seafood; preparing fresh fish by removing heads, fins, scales, bones and entrails; shucking and packing fresh shellfish; processing marine fats and oils; and freezing seafood.
Illustrative example(s)
- canning fish, crustaceans and molluscs (e.g., shellfish, lobster, salmon)
- gathering and processing seafood into fresh or frozen seafood in factory ships (i.e., factory fish that also fish)
- seafood dinners (e.g., fish and chips), frozen, manufacturing
- seafood, fresh, chilled or frozen, manufacturing
- seaweed processing (e.g., dulse)
- shucking and packing fresh shellfish
Inclusion(s)
- floating factory ships engaged in shipboard processing of seafood
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