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Meta: not being a native speaker, I stumbled a lot with "in the round" in this headline. Googling it was difficult, it seems to mean that this freezing is somet

by unwind 7y ago

Meta: not being a native speaker, I stumbled a lot with "in the round" in this headline. Googling it was difficult, it seems to mean that this freezing is something that will happen on location, i.e. on the water, on board the fishing vessels?

maxerickson 7y ago
"salmon in the round" and "fish in the round" both give lots of helpful results, so apparently it is jargon.
pests 7y ago
Native speaker and I too didn't know the phrase. It sounded like a method to prep salmon from the way it was worded. I found online: "Whole/In The Round: Whole fish or fish “in the round” are being sold completely intact, exactly as they were caught."
- Infernal 7y ago
  Interesting, thanks. As a native speaker my best guess was that it was some stage of processing, maybe sliced into round fish steaks of a sort or something.
  - iguy 7y ago
    Have never heard this phrase for fish, but guessing from elsewhere (sculpture?) thought it meant the whole fish, as opposed to fillets.
    - pests 7y ago
      Looks like sculpture and theater both use the phrase in similar ways.
_wldu 7y ago
In the fur trade, that means the animal's carcass. The buyer would have to skin it. Also, I've never heard this phrase in any other context.
wolfhumble 7y ago
Only time I have heard that expression is in Michael Jackson's Billie Jean :-) "Who will dance on the floor in the round" According to https://www.shmoop.com/michael-jackson-billie-jean/lyrics.html https://www.shmoop.com/michael-jackson-billie-jean/lyrics.ht... "'In the round' is a phrase that identifies an architectural setup. Usually applied to theaters, here the term establishes that seating surrounds the dance floor. When applied to theaters, the term means that audience seating surrounds the stage area. The key idea here: Billie Jean is a star on the dance floor. All eyes are on her." Maybe the phrase used in these two settings have nothing in common; but who knows? On location. On the stage. In the limelight. Fisheries and Michael Jackson. :-)
Merrill 7y ago
In this article, "in the round" appears to mean freezing the whole fish without removing the head and guts.
loco5niner 7y ago
From http://marxfood.com/a-guide-to-fish-terminology/ http://marxfood.com/a-guide-to-fish-terminology/: > Whole/In The Round: Whole fish or fish “in the round” are being sold completely intact, exactly as they were caught. >Drawn/Gutted: Drawn fish are whole fish that have been gutted >Headed & Gutted: Headed & gutted fish have had their viscera (guts) and head removed. I'm native speaker who has never heard this particular jargon :-)

by unwind 7y ago

maxerickson 7y ago

"salmon in the round" and "fish in the round" both give lots of helpful results, so apparently it is jargon.

pests 7y ago

Native speaker and I too didn't know the phrase. It sounded like a method to prep salmon from the way it was worded. I found online: "Whole/In The Round: Whole fish or fish “in the round” are being sold completely intact, exactly as they were caught."

Infernal 7y ago
Interesting, thanks. As a native speaker my best guess was that it was some stage of processing, maybe sliced into round fish steaks of a sort or something.
- iguy 7y ago
  Have never heard this phrase for fish, but guessing from elsewhere (sculpture?) thought it meant the whole fish, as opposed to fillets.
  - pests 7y ago
    Looks like sculpture and theater both use the phrase in similar ways.

_wldu 7y ago

In the fur trade, that means the animal's carcass. The buyer would have to skin it. Also, I've never heard this phrase in any other context.

wolfhumble 7y ago

Only time I have heard that expression is in Michael Jackson's Billie Jean :-) "Who will dance on the floor in the round" According to https://www.shmoop.com/michael-jackson-billie-jean/lyrics.html https://www.shmoop.com/michael-jackson-billie-jean/lyrics.ht... "'In the round' is a phrase that identifies an architectural setup. Usually applied to theaters, here the term establishes that seating surrounds the dance floor. When applied to theaters, the term means that audience seating surrounds the stage area. The key idea here: Billie Jean is a star on the dance floor. All eyes are on her." Maybe the phrase used in these two settings have nothing in common; but who knows? On location. On the stage. In the limelight. Fisheries and Michael Jackson. :-)

Merrill 7y ago

In this article, "in the round" appears to mean freezing the whole fish without removing the head and guts.

loco5niner 7y ago

From http://marxfood.com/a-guide-to-fish-terminology/ http://marxfood.com/a-guide-to-fish-terminology/: > Whole/In The Round: Whole fish or fish “in the round” are being sold completely intact, exactly as they were caught. >Drawn/Gutted: Drawn fish are whole fish that have been gutted >Headed & Gutted: Headed & gutted fish have had their viscera (guts) and head removed. I'm native speaker who has never heard this particular jargon :-)