Machine Shop Invents Fish-Bone Removal Device.

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The Geophysical Institute machine shop has signed a licensing agreement with the University of Alaska Fairbanks for development of two devices used to remove tiny pin bones from salmon, bones that conventional salmon-cleaning machines leave behind.

With the ability to remove pin bones automatically, fish processors will be better able to use species that currently are less valued, such as pink and chum salmon. One of the fish-bone removing machines fits on a table top. It is designed for grocery...