Project Portfolio

Refrigerated Sea Water (RSW) Systems

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

Sound Ocean Metal Fabricators, Ltd. has extensive experience designing, fabricating and installing RSW systems for the receiving and storage of fish.  This includes RYCO fish pumps, dewater conveyor, RYCO weigh systems, inspection, sort, distribution into the tanks, prefabricated tanks, as well as the tank discharge to the processing factory.  The system is designed so as [...]

Longliner Vessel Processing Factories

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Sound Ocean Metal Fabricators, Ltd. is the industry leader in the design, fabrication and installation of longliner vessel processing factories.  This includes vessels from 78’ long to over 150’ long.  These factories are typically tight on space and require working with the customer to develop the layout flow that is efficient for their particular vessel.  [...]

NOAA Vessel FSV Pisces Fish Handling System

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

After competitive bidding, Sound Ocean Metal Fabricators, Ltd. was selected to provide the Fish Handling System to NOAA for the vessel FSV Pisces.  This contract was particularly challenging as the specifications required handling items as small as 5mm (3/16”) diameter through all transfer points and conveyors.  After fabrication, and before shipping, the complete line was [...]

North Coast Fisheries Hand Fillet Line

Friday, June 5th, 2009

Sound Ocean Metal Fabricators, Ltd. was selected by North Coast Fisheries, Santa Rosa, CA, to design, fabricate and install a new state of the art hand fillet line to handle many different species of fish.  The line incorporated receiving fish in totes, hand fillet, skin, treat with ozone and vacuum pack in trays. The complete [...]