ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses the added value of fish to the food sector; the problems concerning fish fraud, mislabeling, or adulteration; and the importance of standardized proteomics state-of-the-art high-throughput instrumentation for routine testing of fish authenticity. Finfish represents a total of 67% of aquaculture production worldwide, playing an important role in the world’s food system and having a significant impact on the human diet. The widespread world fish market, the development of the fishing industry, and the resulting increase in the variability and availability of those products promoted by fish farming, within and across countries, have globalized fish consumption. Proteomics offers a wide range of analyses using samples from humans, through plants, to animals such as fish. The enforcement of the regulatory agents requires robust and reliable analytical methods, especially those applicable to complex and processed fish products. Fish biology proteomics technologies have been extensively used to address issues such as fish welfare, nutrition, and diseases, with quite remarkable outputs.
