Baader unveils new generation snow crab processing machine in Newfoundland with yield, labor savings
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by John Sackton - August 21, 2014
Baader has been working with crab processors in Newfoundland to perfect a snow crab butchering machine that would reduce the amount of labor needed in crab packing.
As the workforce in seafood plants in Newfoundland and Maritime Canada has aged, processors are finding it more and more of a limiting factor for high volume fisheries like crab and lobster.
Baader has been working on a prototype machine at Allen's Fisheries near Corner Brook, and this season the machine was quite successful.
Yesterday, crab processors from all around Newfoundland and Labrador, and Quebec, attended a technical demonstration at the plant.
The attendees were extremely impressed with the machine and its capabilities. The processors who have the older machine...
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