the force
Crew Member
Not to derail, can start another thread, but during a trip to Winter Harbour we processed and froze all our fish into portions everyday. We just had a clear labeling format. Got stopped at a DFO checkpoint and they were very happy with our system.
Interesting, I haven’t been stopped by DFO yet but always assume proper packaging and records go a long way. My practice is to keep one side whole (with pectoral and tail, backbone removed), cut flesh to skin as rockinjohnny stated and then freeze flat in a long fish bag. I usually cut the opposite side in half, or sometimes 3 if big enough and vac seal. If being particular I’ll put the vac sealed portions into the same long fish bag so one fish is all together. Labels each bag with date, name, area species and number of packages for completeness sake (I.e 1 of 3 or 1 of 4 etc).