Fish delivery device, fish-transfer system equipped with said fish delivery device, and method for the automated delivery of fish to a fish processing device

A fish feed-in device, configured for the automatic serial receipt and delivery of fish for feeding the fish to a fish processing device, comprising a deposit space receiving each fish in the longitudinal position, a delivery conveying means, which grasps and holds the fish in said longitudinal position, with which the fish can be conveyed for successive delivery in the longitudinal position in a delivery conveying direction corresponding to the longitudinal position,

• characterized in that the delivery conveying means is arranged and designed for immediate access to a fish located in the deposit space and is configured with a controllable positioning drive and a controllable conveying drive, which are controllable with at least one conveying control signal that is definitive for feeding the fish in an adjusted manner to a conveying facility of a fish processing device, wherein the delivery conveying means can be moved by the controllable positioning drive into a first state released by the fish in the deposit space, into a grasping second state for grasping, centred holding and conveying of the fish in the deposit space and, in cooperation with the controllable conveying drive, into a third state which releases the fish, after conveying, at a fish delivery point which is defined by a controlled delivery time with associated controlled fish delivery speed.