Area(s) of Expertise

Bolton teaches FDA HACCP to individuals that sell seafood wholesale. He performs heat penetration and shelf life studies for the seafood industry. And, he assists in extension and research activities conducted by the Seafood Laboratory at the Center for Marine Sciences and Technology.

Focus Area: Shelf life improvement of seafood products.

Publications

• Effect of Pilot-Scale Decanter Centrifuge Processing Parameters on the Quality of Fish Meal Produced from Smoked Salmon Processing By-Products , Processes (2025)
• Utilization of Fish Meal and Fish Oil from Smoked Salmon By-Products in Juvenile Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) Feeds: Growth Performance, Nutritional Composition, and Shelf-Life Assessment of Upcycled Ingredients , Fishes (2025)
• Combining Fish and Crustacean Byproducts as Primary Ingredients in Pelleted Aquafeed: The Effect of Byproduct Type on Pellet Physical Properties , Aquaculture Research (2024)
• The status of striped bass, Morone saxatilis, as a commercially ready species for U.S. marine aquaculture , Journal of the World Aquaculture Society (2021)