Abstract: A shellfish processing apparatus (10) particularly intended for Scallop Processing, in which a gripped shellfish is partially opened initially by manipulator means (12) so as to enable meat to be removed from one shell half at a station (22), and then opened fully at a station (24) for evisceration at a station (28) removal of meat from the remaining shell half at a station (32). The evisceration means (113) preferably includes a backing plate (122) which serves to concentrate water around the shell half being eviscerated and to hold the adductor muscle in place.