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
Ruby G. Ford (skipjack) complete destruction, torched by Captain Bart Murphy, who owned her at the time and did not have funds enough to restore her from a state of grave disrepair. She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Ruby G. Ford (skipjack) The "Ruby G. Ford" was a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1891 at Fairmount, Maryland. She was a two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She had a beam of , a depth of , and a net tonnage of 5 register tons. She was one of the 35 surviving traditional Chesapeake Bay skipjacks