North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2002
31-33 - Manufacturing
This sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in the physical or chemical transformation of materials or substances into new products. These products may be finished, in the sense that they are ready to be used or consumed, or semi-finished, in the sense of becoming a raw material for an establishment to use in further manufacturing. Related activities, such as the assembly of the component parts of manufactured goods; the blending of materials; and the finishing of manufactured products by dyeing, heat-treating, plating and similar operations are also treated as manufacturing activities. Manufacturing establishments are known by a variety of trade designations, such as plants, factories or mills.
Manufacturing establishments may own the materials which they transform or they may transform materials owned by other establishments. Manufacturing may take place in factories or in workers' homes, using either machinery or hand tools.
Certain activities involving the transformation of goods are classified in other sectors. Some examples are post-harvest activities of agricultural establishments, such as crop drying; logging; the beneficiating of mineral ores; the production of structures by construction establishments; and various activities conducted by retailers, such as meat cutting and the assembly of products such as bicycles and computers.
311 - Food Manufacturing
This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in producing food for human or animal consumption.
Exclusion(s):
Establishments primarily engaged in:
- manufacturing beverages or tobacco (See 312 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing)
3117 - Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging
This industry group 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.
31171 - Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging
This 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.
311710 - Seafood Product Preparation and PackagingMEX
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.
Example Activities:
- Canning fish, crustaceans and molluscs
- Chowders, fish and seafood, canning
- Chowders, fish and seafood, frozen, manufacturing
- Chowders, fish and seafood, manufacturing
- Cod liver oil extraction (crude)
- Curing fish and seafood
- Dinners, frozen, seafood-based, manufacturing
- Drying fish and seafood
- Fish and marine animal oils, manufacturing
- Fish and seafood chowder, canning
- Fish egg bait, canning
- Fish freezing (e.g., blocks, fillets, ready-to-serve products)
- Fish meal, manufacturing
- Fish, canned and cured, manufacturing
- Fish, curing, drying, pickling, salting and smoking
- Fish, fresh or frozen, manufacturing
- Floating factory ships, seafood-processing
- Freezing fish (e.g., blocks, fillets, ready-to-serve products)
- Frozen seafood products, manufacturing
- Lobster cannery
- Marine fats, oils and meal, manufacturing
- Oil, fish and marine animal, manufacturing
- Roe, fish, processing
- Salmon cannery
- Seafood and seafood products, canning
- Seafood and seafood products, curing
- Seafood and seafood products, fresh prepared, manufacturing
- Seafood and seafood products, frozen, manufacturing
- Seafood dinners (e.g., fish and chips), frozen, manufacturing
- Seafood, fresh, chilled or frozen, manufacturing
- Seaweed processing (e.g., dulse)
- Ships, floating seafood-processing factory
- Shucking and packing fresh shellfish
- Soup, fish and seafood, canning
- Soup, fish and seafood, frozen, manufacturing
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