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SLEEVING [2 records]

Record 1 2020-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
  • Aquaculture
DEF

... the operation by which seed mussels are loaded into the mesh sleeves or socks.

CONT

After socking, the mussels are sometimes bathed in seawater for some twelve hours to allow the formation of byssal threads, before suspending them from the longlines where they grow to market size. The average mussel sock will hold between 15 and 30 kilograms of mussels once they reached commercial-size.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
  • Aquaculture

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Moluscos, equinodermos y procordados
  • Acuicultura
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Record 2 1995-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Opening and Closing Devices (Packaging)
  • Packaging Techniques
DEF

An operation which consists of applying sleeve bands over and around containers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Modes d'ouverture et de fermeture (Emball.)
  • Techniques d'emballage
DEF

Opération ou action ayant pour objet la pose de manchons étirables ou rétractables sur le corps et/ou le col et le bouchage des récipients.

Spanish

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