ch. 1. What is behind capture and handling of the catch? / E. Grazyna Daczkowska-Kozon -- ch. 2. World seafood resources and seafood consumption / Jolanta Zieziula and Edyta Pawlak -- ch. 3. Seafood quality issues / Zdzislaw E. Sikorski and Edward Kolakowski -- ch. 4. Environmental limitations and general impact on properties of the catch / Stephen T. Grabacki -- ch. 5. Onboard quality systems / Stephen T. Grabacki -- ch. 6. Quality of seafood from aquaculture / Bonnie Sun Pan -- ch. 7. Benefits of seafood consumption / Yun-Hwa Peggy Hsieh and Bahram Arjmandi -- ch. 8. Safety aspects of seafood / E. Grazyna Daczkowska-Kozon. [et al.] -- ch. 9. Allergens / Elzbieta Kucharska, Joanna Bober, and Tadeusz Ogonski -- ch. 10. Abiotic environmental factors affecting seafood safety and properties / Agnieszka Torz. [et al.] -- ch. 11. Biotic environmental factors affecting seafood quality / Teresa Radziejewska -- ch. 12. Anthropogenic environmental factors affecting seafood safety and properties / Shiu-Mei Liu and Bonnie Sun Pan -- ch. 13. Seafood quality assurance for algal toxins / Gustaaf M. Hallegraeff -- ch. 14. Bacteria on seafood : friend of foe / E. Grazyna Daczkowska-Kozon -- ch. 15. Fish and shellfish diseases and seafood quality / Ewa Sobecka and Wojciech Piasecki -- ch. 16. Influence of global warming on seafood availability / Fu-Sung Frank Chiang and Chin-Hwa Jenny Sun -- ch. 17. Sea fish and shellfish authentication issues / Wojciech Sawicki and Dagmara M. Klein -- ch. 18. Understanding seafood quality and freshness issues across the globe / H. Allan Bremner -- ch. 19. Tracing the catch through the chain / Olga Szulecka -- ch. 20. How improved logistics can improve the standards of seafood in the supply chain / Wojciech Brocki, Roman Drozdowski, and Stanislaw Kasperek -- ch. 21. Sustainable seafood fishing and farming / Bohdan Draganik -- ch. 22. What could be done for better seafood availabilty, quality, and safety / E. Grazyna Daczkowska-Kozon.