Seafood Safety and Quality Experts ensure that seafood products meet health, safety, and freshness standards from harvest to consumption. They monitor processing, storage, and transportation conditions to prevent contamination and spoilage, ensuring compliance with food safety regulations. By conducting inspections, microbial testing, and chemical analysis, they detect harmful substances such as mercury, bacteria, and toxins that could pose risks to consumers. Their expertise helps prevent foodborne illnesses and maintain consumer trust in seafood products. They also work closely with fisheries, aquaculture farms, and seafood processors to implement best practices for hygiene, handling, and quality control.
Their role extends to improving seafood preservation techniques, such as freezing, packaging, and processing methods that extend shelf life while maintaining nutritional value. Many develop standards and certification programs, like HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points), to ensure that seafood remains safe throughout the supply chain. With the growing demand for sustainable seafood, they also assess environmental and ethical concerns, verifying that seafood is responsibly sourced and free from contaminants. By integrating science, technology, and regulatory knowledge, seafood safety and quality experts play a vital role in protecting public health, supporting industry standards, and ensuring that seafood remains a reliable and high-quality food source worldwide.
Title : Can we farm eelgrass as a high protein sustainable marine grain for aquaculture?
Timothy C Visel, Retired Aquaculture Educator, United States
Title : The horizontal integration of a shellfish farm in a broader business model
Perry Raso, Matunuck Oyster Farm, United States
Title : Myxosporean fauna of East Sea marine fishes off the coast of Vietnam
Violetta M Yurakhno, A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation
Title : Review of recent advances in replacing fish-based protein and oil with plant-based alternatives in aquafeeds
Amrit Bart, University of Georgia, United States
Title : Role of artificial intelligence and remote sensing in remediation of aquatic pollution and development of Numerical Oceanic Climate Prediction Models (NOCPM)
Virendra Goswami, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), India
Title : India’s blue revolution at a crossroads: Lessons from the green revolution for a sustainable future
Mukesh Bhendarkar, ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, India