Department of Processing Technology and Mechanization

About the department

The basic task of the Department of Processing Technology and Mechanization are scientific, research and development activities as well as research services for the fishing industry in the field of technology modernisation and fish processing mechanisation as well as the assessment of fish or invertebrate raw materials or products.

The basic tasks of the Department are:

• studies and assessment of the value in use of fish and other seafood raw materials,
• development studies in technologies of processing fish raw materials for food, feed or technical products,
• research and design works connected with mechanization of single operations or fishing industry processes,
• development of systemic solutions as well as training in fish processing technologies, including quality control – for external clients,
• developing technological and technical assumptions as well as expert opinions on fishing industry processes and operations – for external clients.

Staff

Main projects (since 2010)

1. Innovative technologies of obtaining valuable market products from fish raw material waste. 2010–2013. Implemented under the Operational Program “Sustainable development of the fisheries sector and coastal fishing areas 2007-2013” together with the University of Science and Technology in Bydgoszcz.
2. Complex system of processing carp into modern food and feed products. 2010–2013. Implemented under the Operational Program “Sustainable development of the fisheries sector and coastal fishing areas 2007-2013” together with the Koszalin University of Technology.
3. Port utilization of contaminated process water from unloading of fishing vessels, which use the chilled sea water systems to keep and transport fish (CSW and RSW). 2010–2013. Implemented under the Operational Program “Sustainable development of the fisheries sector and coastal fishing areas 2007-2013” together with the University of Science and Technology in Bydgoszcz.
4. Seafood safety and quality in terms of the zoonotic and toxicological hazard: risk assessment, monitoring and mitigation. 2016–2019. Project implemented as part of the BIOSTRATEG program “Natural environment, agriculture and forestry”. Contractor of the technological part.
5. Development of a programme for using modern, complex carp processing technologies in aquaculture farms and fish processing plants. Guide. 2019–2022. Project realized within the framework of the Operational Programme “Fisheries and Sea” for the period 2014-2020.
6. Replacement of the production of Baltic cod products with new products from other fish species in fish processing plants due to the introduction of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1248 regarding the ban on cod fishing in the Baltic Sea from 22 July 2019. 2020-2021. Project realized within the framework of the Operational Programme “Fisheries and Sea” for the period 2014-2020.
7. Technology of carp mechanical processing in aquaculture farms and fish processing plants. Guide. 2019-2023. The project is commissioned by the Koszalin University of Technology. Project realized within the framework of the Operational Programme “Fisheries and Sea” for the period 2014-2020.
8. Development of innovative methods for modified atmosphere packaging of selected ranges of fish products under production conditions. 2022-2023. Project realized within the framework of the Operational Programme “Fisheries and Sea” for the period 2014-2020.

Trade fairs (since 2006)

Patents (since 2006)