Trends in Fish Processing Technologies

This book provides an overview of the modern technologies employed in on- and off-shore fish processing facilities. It details the advances of both primary and secondary fish processing, including high-pressure processing (HPP) as an alternative to thermal treatment and advanced fish preservation techniques.

Daniela Borda graduated in 1993 from the Faculty of Food Technology; in 1999, she? obtained? an? MSc?degree? and,? in? 2005,? acquired? a? PhD? degree? in? Industrial? Engineering? at? the? “Dunarea? de? Jos”? University? of? Galati,? Romania? (UGAL).? She? is currently a professor at UGAL, giving lectures in Food Quality and Safety, Dairy Technology, for bachelor and master students. Her main research interests are related with high-pressure processing, dairy science, gas-chromatography, and edible coat-ings and films.She was an internal and external examiner for several PhD theses. Daniela Borda has served as a reviewer for the Journal of Dairy Science (ADSA),? Journal of Food Processing and Preservation? ( Wiley),? Food Chemistry (Elsevier), Food and Chemical Toxicology (Elsevier), and other scientific publications. As food safety? expert,? Daniela? Borda? is? involved? in? third-party? audits? with? the? Romanian? National Accreditation Body–RENAR. Daniela Borda is the director of Romanian Academica? Publishing? House,?with? more?than 100?scientific?books? published? and? over 50 titles in food science. Two of the books coauthored by Daniela Borda and published by Academica Publishing House have received national awards from the “Gh. Ionescu-Sisesti” Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences in Romania.

Anca Ioana Nicolau graduated as food technologist (1985) and obtained her PhD title in Biotehnology (1999) at the “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, Romania.? She? is? currently? professor? of? Food? Microbiology,? Rapid? Methods,? and? Automation? in? Microbiology? and? Hygiene? for? Food? Business? Operators? at? the? same? institution? where she studied and is qualified to coordinate PhD thesis in the domain of indus-trial? engineering,? specialization? food? industry.? Her? current? research? is? related? to? the? detection? of? pathogens? in? food? and? food? processing? environments? and? to? the? destruction?of? microorganisms? using? alternative? technologies.? She? is? member? of? the technological platform Food for Life Romania, where she acts as member of the operational committee andvice president of the working group Quality, Processing and Food Safety. A.I. Nicolau serves as evaluator for European projectsandreviewer for several ISI journals (e.g., Frontiers in Microbiology, Food Microbiology, Foods, and Journal? of? Food? Science). She? has? authored? a? couple? of? books? in? Romanian? and? many? chapters? in? books? edited? either? in? Romanian? or? in? English? (Woodhead? Publishing,? Humana? Press,? and? Springer).? She? received? two? academia? awards? for? contributions to technical books in the domain of food industry and food safety: one from? the? “Gh.? Ionescu-Sisesti”? Academy?of?Agricultural? and?Forestry? Sciences? in? Romania and the other one from the Romanian Academy.

Peter? Raspor? is? doctor? of? biotechnological? sciences? and? a? professor? of? industrial? microbiology and biotechnology, teaching and researching in Slovenia and Austria. He started as a baker, and later, he finished his education in biochemical engineering with a degree in food science and later activated in biotechnology field. He started the first study program in biotechnology in Slovenia at Ljubljana University and run it from 1994 to 2002, became chair of biotechnology, microbiology, and food safety where? he? activated? until? 2013.? From? 2014? to? 2016? he? worked? at? the? University? of? Ljubljana? and? Institute? for? Food? Nutrition? and? Health? at? University? of? Primorska,? where? he? was? member? of? the? managerial? team.? Under? his? mentorship,? more? than? 200 students have finished studies in the area of food technology, biotechnology, and microbiology with diploma and 47 at doctoral level. He was the head of the programs of microbiology and biotechnology at University of Ljubljana, Institute for food and health at University of Primorska, and vice dean for research and international coop-eration at the Faculty of Health Sciences. He conducted more than two dozen inter-national? and? national? projects? in? the? last? 20? years.? From? 1995? until? 2014,? he? was? active? with? European? Cooperation? in? Science? and? Technology? (COST)? and? within? top commissions of the European Union. He was president of European Federation of Food Science & Technology (EFFoST) from 2007 to 2010 and secretary general of Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) from 2000 to 2006. He is also involved with other international and national governmental and nongovern-mental organizations in Europe. He contributed to European and Global policy doc-uments and declarations in food and microbiology areas. He is a member of many scientific and professional societies and a member of editorial boards or is an editor of highly respected journals in the field. His professional profile is highly respected in the area of food technology and nutrition, industrial microbiology, and biotech-nology. He has been awarded with many highest national and international awards. Professionally, he has also been involved as an auditor for ISO 9000 standards and ISO 22000 in terms of HACCP and food safety management issues for more than 20 years in the food and pharmaceutical sector. In the last few years, he has also con-ducted and chaired a few commissions performing international auditing of quality management systems at prestigious universities on pedagogical and research levels.

Prof. Da-Wen Sun, born in southern China, is a global authority in food engineering research and education; he is a member of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA), which is the highest academic honor in Ireland; he is also a member of Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe), a fellow of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology, and a Fellow of International Academy of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. He is also the founder and editor-in-chief of Food and Bioprocess Technology, one of the most prestigious food science and technology journals; series editor of the Contemporary Food? Engineering? book? series,? with? already? about? 50? volumes? published;? and? the? founder and president of the International Academy of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering? (iAABE).? In? addition,? he? served? as? the? president? of? the? International? Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (CIGR), the world’s largest organization in the field, in 2013–2014, and is now honorary president of CIGR. He has significantly contributed to the field of food engineering as a researcher, as an academic authority, and as an educator.His main research activities include cooling, drying, and refrigeration processes and? systems,? quality? and? safety? of? food? products,? bioprocess? simulation? and? opti-mization,? and? computer? vision/image? processing? and? hyperspectral? imaging? tech-nologies.? His? many? scholarly? works? have? become? standard? reference? materials? for? researchers, especially in the areas of computer vision, computational fluid dynam-ics modeling, vacuum cooling, and related subjects. Results of his work have been published in over 800 papers, including more than 400 peer-reviewed journal-papers (Web of Science h-index = 79, SCOPUS h-index = 83), among them, 33 papers have been? selected? by? Thomson? Reuters’s? Essential? Science? Indicators? as? highly? cited? papers, ranking him no. 2 in the world in Agricultural Sciences (January 2017). He has also edited 15 authoritative books. According to ESI, based on data derived over a period of 10 years from Web of Science, there are about 4500 scientists who are among the top one percent of the most cited scientists in the category of Agriculture Sciences, and in the last few years, Professor Sun has consistently been ranked among the very top 10 scientists in the world (he was at the 9th position in January 2017) and has been named Highly Cited Researcher in 2015 and 2016 by Thomson Reuters.He? received? a? first? class? BSc? honors? and? MSc? in? mechanical? engineering,? and? a? PhD? in? chemical? engineering? in? China? before? working? in? various? universities? in? Europe.? He? became? the? first? Chinese? national? to? be? permanently? employed? in? an? Irish university when he was appointed college lecturer at the National University of Ireland, Dublin (University College Dublin, UCD), in 1995, and was then progres-sively promoted in the shortest possible time to senior lecturer, associate professor, and full professor. Dr. Sun is now a professor of food and biosystems engineering and the director of the UCD Food Refrigeration and Computerized Food Technology Research Group. As a leading educator in food engineering, Professor Sun has trained many PhD students, who have made their own contributions to the industry and academia. He has also frequently delivered lectures on advances in food engineering at academic institutions worldwide, and delivered keynote speeches at international conferences. As? a? recognized? authority? in? food? engineering,? he? has? been? conferred? adjunct/visiting/consulting? professorships? from? 10? top? universities? in? China,? including? Zhejiang University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Harbin Institute of Technology, China Agricultural University, South China University of Technology, and Jiangnan University. In recognition of his significant contribution to food engineering worldwide and? for? his? outstanding? leadership? in? the? field,? the? International? Commission? of? Agricultural? and? Biosystems? Engineering? (CIGR)? awarded? him? the? “CIGR? Merit? Award” in 2000, and again in 2006, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers based in the United Kingdom named him “Food Engineer of the Year 2004.” In 2008, he was awarded the “CIGR Recognition Award” in honor of his distinguished achieve-ments as one of the top 1% among agricultural engineering scientists in the world. In 2007, he was presented with the only “AFST(I) Fellow Award” given in that year by the Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India), and in 2010, he was presented with the “CIGR Fellow Award”; the title of Fellow is the highest honor at CIGR and is conferred to individuals who have made sustained, outstanding contri-butions? worldwide.? In? March? 2013,? he? was? presented? with? the? “You? Bring? Charm? to the World” Award by Hong Kong-based Phoenix Satellite Television with other award? recipients? including? the? 2012? Nobel? Laureate? in? Literature? and? the? Chinese? Astronaut Team for Shenzhou IX Spaceship. In July 2013, he received the “Frozen Food Foundation Freezing Research Award” from the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) for his significant contributions to enhancing the field of food-freezing technologies. This is the first time that this prestigious award was presented to? a? scientist? outside? the? United? States,? and? in? June? 2015,? he? was? presented? with? the “IAEF Lifetime Achievement Award.” This IAEF (International Association of Engineering? and? Food)? award? highlights? the? lifetime? contribution? of? a? prominent? engineer in the field of food.