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 : Application of artificial intelligence and NISAR satellite to study the air sea CO2 exchange and aquatic toxicology to develop ‘Aquatic Pollution Remediation Technologies’(PART)
Virendra Kumar Goswami, Indian Institute of Technology, India
Title : Conditionally pathogenic microparasites (Microsporidia and Myxosporea) of mullet fish potential objects of mariculture in the black and azov seas
Violetta M Yurakhno, A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation
Title : Seasonal habitat shifts and purse seine dependence of mene maculata in the Taiwan strait: Early indicators of climate driven ecosystem change
Ipsita Biswas, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan
Title : National action plan for sustainable and resilient fisheries aquaculture system in Pakistan
Nazia Sher, National Institute of Maritime Affairs, Pakistan
Title : Site suitability analysis for sea cucumber mariculture in the coastal area of Bangladesh
Muhammad Mizanur Rahman, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
Title : Trends in fish value chain improvement in Rift Valley Lakes and Lake Tana, Ethiopia
Kidanie Misganaw Bezabih, University of Gondar, Ethiopia