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
Kathryn (skipjack) half interest, again for "$5.00 etc." and served as her captain. She received a major rebuild in 1954 at the Krentz Marine Railway in Harryhogan, Virginia, which was published in "Chesapeake Sailing Craft". In 1963 Wheatley became "Kathryn's" full owner. Johnnie R. Parkinson, Jr. bought "Kathryn" in 1975 for $18,000 and moved her to Crisfield. She was sold in 1981 to Herman Russell Dize (whose father had worked aboard "Kathryn" 70 years before) and William James Roe, Jr. Capt. Harold "Stoney" Whitelock of Dames Quarter, Maryland purchased "Kathryn" in 2008 and is currently working to restore her. Kathryn (skipjack) The