Variant of NAICS 2012 - Durable / non-durable manufacturing industries
- 31-33 - Manufacturing
- 31-33nd - Non-durable manufacturing industries
- 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. Establishments known as floating factory ships, that are engaged in shipboard processing of seafood, are included.
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
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