Overview of the application of innovative and emerging technologies in the bio-marine food sector

The ocean contributes a major portion of the world’s food supply, and if the marine resources are managed sustainably, it could produce up to 75% more food for our growing population potentially ending hunger and malnutrition. Marine habitat is a reservoir of diverse organisms and biomolecules that have extensive applications in the food industry, thus increasing pressure to develop and adopt novel technologies that can produce high quality, effectively processed, and microbiologically safe products from ocean for the consumers. Therefore, the objective of this chapter is to explain briefly the wide diversity of underutilized marine biomass that could be further explored in the food industry by the application of innovative and emerging technologies. An overview of these technological processes, including the advantages and limitations of each technology, as well as the main applications of innovative and emerging technologies in the bio-marine food sector are also provided together with the main objectives, conclusions, and relevance for the bioeconomy compiled in various chapters in the different sections of this book.