Yellowfin tuna being thawed in water. Excessive water pickup and sogginess can be a problem. Increasing amounts of fish frozen at sea or frozen raw materials are being thawed for further processing. Advanced electronic and vacuum-stema thawing techniques are being investigated.

Image ID: fish7954, NOAA's Historic Fisheries Collection
Photo Date: 1969 circa
Credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection; P. 474 of "Our Changing Fisheries" 1970 Centenary NMFS centenary volume

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