ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an overview of global trends in fish production and utilization, sustainability tools, and selected cleaner techniques in the fish processing industry. Clean production is defined by the United Nations Environment Programme as the continuous application of an integrated, preventive, environmental strategy practice employed for processes, products, and services to increase overall efficiency and reduce risks to humans and the environment. The key environmental issues associated with fish processing operations are the high consumption of water, consumption of energy, and the discharge of a wastewater. To evaluate the relative impact of fish processing on the environment in the entire supply chain, data on the seafood production, utilization, and trade should be considered. Prolonged contact of organic wastes with water in the process lines leads to a significant increase of the contaminant load of wastewater in fish processing plants.
