Abstract:

Geographical origin traceability of aquatic products is an important tool that is not only beneficial to safeguarding
consumers’ legal rights, but also provides a guarantee for protecting local specialty products. In recent years, mass
spectrometry, spectroscopy and molecular biological technology have played important roles in geographical origin
traceability of aquatic products by fingerprint profiling based on mineral element composition and contents, isotope contents
and ratios, organic compound constituents and DNA mapping using chemometrics. Recent progress in the application
of common analytical techniques for determining the geographical origin of aquatic products is reviewed in this paper.
Furthermore, future trends are also discussed.

Key words: aquatic product, geographical origin traceability, mass spectrometry, spectroscopy, molecular biotechnology