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M7209 - Fish processing
Industry code: M7209
Premium rate: 1.84
Classification Facts
Class: M - Manufacturing and Processing
Rate Code: M72 - Processing Meat, Poultry and Fish
Description
Operational Details
Employers in this subcode may purchase fish to process from local commercial fisherman or commercial hatcheries. The prime function of employers in this subcode is to service the wholesale distribution and/or hotel, restaurant and institutional market.
Fish processing includes gutting, scaling, and removing the heads and/or tails using equipment such as boning knives, grinders, skinning machines, driers, and filleting machines.
Employers in this industry have the production capability to service the wholesale distribution and/or service and hospitality markets. The main function of these businesses is to service the wholesale market, not individual retail customers.
SIC Codes
000000573 - Fish processing
Previous Codes
NAICS 2007
Code: 31171 - Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging