鹿児島大学 水産学部

Faculty of Fisheries /
Postgraduate School of Fisheries, Kagoshima University

Fisheries Food Sciences

We principally provide education on the effective and safety utilization of marine resources as foods and biomass, and the biochemical property of fishery products and biologically active substances from marine resources


Development of new efficacious use from unutilized resource
Analysis of the marine animal metabolites by chromatography Functional evaluation of marine natural compound with cultured cell
Bioassay of endocrine disruptors with transgenic medaka Structural analysis and metabolism of marine natural compound Fish sauce made from the by-products of flying fish processing

Mission of the group

Students are expected to gain special knowledge and techniques in the field of Fisheries food sciences and resources utilization science, and to play an active part in the industrial world related with food, chemicals and pharmacy.

Educational feature

1. Fisheries Food Science Course
This course aims at providing knowledge and techniques in the field of preservation, processing, hygiene and quality control on marine food.
2. Advanced Resources Utilization Science Course
This course aims at providing advanced knowledge and techniques in the field of functional food development and new efficacious use from marine resources.

Research Activities

1. High-grade development of food technology and preservation on marine product
2. Structural analysis and metabolism of marine natural compound
3. Enzymatic property and its genetic analysis of marine animals
4. Safety evaluation of marine food based on contaminant analysis using cytochrome P450

Teaching Staff

Professor Ikuo KIMURA [Fish protein, frozen surimi, food processing and preservation]
Yoshio KAMINISHI [Hygienics of marine food products]
Assoc. Prof. Jo SHINDO [Food processing and utilization of fish resources]
Kazuhiro SHIOZAKI [Marine biochemistry] Lab. Website
Masaharu KOMATSU [Aquatic physiologically active substances] Lab. Website
Yasumasa SUGIYAMA [Bioorganic chemistry]
Lecturer Shoji YAMADA [Molecular biology of marine microorganisms]
Asst. Prof. Sanae KATO [Biochemistry, Moleculerbiology]