Peter Howgate Award: 2012 Winner - Ms.Annamalai Jeyakumari

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

2012 Winner - Ms.Annamalai Jeyakumari

We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2012 award: Ms.Annamalai Jeyakumari, from the the Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, India. With the help of the award she has been able to undertake advanced studies on fish oil encapsulation at Kasetsart University, Thailand. More information

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Ranjith said...: Heartily Congrats !!! for winning the prestigious Peter Howgate Award (2012) for Young Fish Technologists.

Thanks to Secretary, Peter Howgate Award, Megapesca Lda. Portugal for organizing the Award to support young scientists and technologists to advance their international experience in the field of fish technology

Best Wishes,

L Ranjith
Scientist,
Marine Biodiversity Division,
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (ICAR,
Tuticorin Research Centre of CMFRI,
Tuticorin - 628 001, Tamil Nadu, India; January 19, 2013 at 2:31 PM

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About Peter Howgate

For 35 years, Peter Howgate worked at the Torry Research Station, Aberdeen, UK a government institute specialising in research and development in fish processing and handling. Whilst at Torry Research Station (and also in retirement) he authored or co-authored numerous papers in refereed scientific journals and he has contributed chapters to numerous books. Many of Peter’s major contributions were made when he became Head of the Quality Assessment Unit at Torry, and developed the pioneering work on sensory assessment of fish instigated earlier at Torry by Shewan and Erhnberg. The work embraced chemical and sensory methods of quality assessment and had major implications in both the scientific and commercial fields. Without a doubt, Peter became our leading expert in the sensory assessment of fish quality, and over the years he has made massive contribution to our understanding of fish spoilage. During his time at Torry he was an active participant in WEFTA meetings and also, in 1978/79 spent 18 months attached to the fishery products laboratory in Malaysia.

Peter retired at the end of 1989 and was recognised with the “Most Excellent Order of the British Empire” awarded by Queen Elizabeth II. Torry was closed in 1996 and the residue of its functions dispersed to other government departments. But Peter has continued to work hard to preserve its legacy. Peter carried out many consultancies, working for UN agencies in Africa, South America, and the Far East. He managed to salvage a good part of the Torry library, subsequently donated to the Humberside Seafood Institute, and most recently he created FishTechDB an online bibliographical database of topics related to fish technology. The database is now available as a public service to the global seafood community via Seafood Network Information Centre.

Between 1996 and 2002, Peter was also deputy editor of the International Journal of Food Science and Technology. Peter continued to generously give his time to replying to enquiries on aspects of the science of fish as food. He was an active and regular contributor to the Seafood email discussion list.

Apart from his long interest in fish technology, Peter also held a deep interest in outdoor activities, particularly mountaineering, and for many years was the Hut custodian and latterly President of the Cairngorm Club, a reknowned Scottish mountaineering club. He was a keen supporter of his local nature conservation society near his home in southern England. P

Peter died on 24th December 2016 and this award keeps alive the memory of his incredible lifetime of contribution to fish technology.

Peter Howgate Award

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

2012 Winner - Ms.Annamalai Jeyakumari

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