Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company brine in hermetically sealed can and sterilized to achieve commercial sterility by application of heat. The fish is treated by Blast or brine freezing method. The frozen species are Katsuwonus Pelamis “Skipjack” and Thunnus Albacares “Yellowfin” tuna. Fishmeal, a fertilizer as well as an essential ingredient in poultry, and fish feed, this is by product of the cannery. To reduce amount of waste exhausted from fish products, fish meal is produced from the waste fish from the cannery. Katsuobushi is the Japanese name for a specific type of smoked dried tuna. Although Katsuobushi is a form of dried skipjack, the
HMS Skipjack (1808) HMS Skipjack (1808) HMS "Skipjack" was the French privateer schooner "Confiance", launched in 1800 at Baltimore. The Royal Navy captured her in 1808 and took her into service. She then participated in the capture of Guadeloupe in 1810. She was paid off in 1811 and broken up in 1812. The French armed "Confiance" at Guadeloupe in October 1806. Though pierced for 16 guns, she carried fewer. On 12 December 1807, "Confiance", of seven guns and 90 men, captured the packet "Duke of Montrose" after an engagement that lasted three and a half hours. "Duke of Montrose" did not strike until