Abstract: The invention relates to a method for gutting beheaded and non-beheaded fish, particularly cultivated fish, and to a device for implementing this method. In conventional devices, all tools used for gutting are connected to a central vacuum unit. Entrails, blood and water are separated from the air flow in a cyclone and are continuously removed therefrom. As a result, entrails, blood and water form a mushy mixture whereby jeopardizing the possibility of a subsequent utilization. According to the inventive method and to a device for implementing the same, the means for intaking or extracting the entrails, on the one hand, and the means for intaking or extracting the blood and the water, on the other, are connected to separate collecting containers via separate lines. The separation of individual constituents assures the subsequent utilization, particularly of the entrails.

Abstract: In a device and method for controlling the commencement of operation of at least one tool in a fish processing machine, a guide element penetrates the interior of the fish so as to perform alignment of the fish before the tool begins its application. A monitoring device associated with the guide element includes a sensor for determining the guide element/fish position. An evaluating unit connected to the sensor compares nominal and actual position values. On reaching an adjustable nominal position value, a signal for actuating the tool is triggered. Therefore, the tool comes into operation only when the monitoring device yields an actual value for the fish position which corresponds to the nominal value when the guide element has penetrated properly.