Victoria Alday-Sanz

Victoria Alday-Sanz has over 35 years' experience working on diverse aspects of shrimp and fish biosecurity covering understanding of disease process, diagnostics, sanitary legislation, health management, genetics and biosecurity. She has often collaborated as an expert for international organizations such as FAO, EU, EFSA and OIE. She has published approximately 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 70 articles in industry magazines and is the co-author, together with Prof. Tim Flegel, of the...See more

Victoria Alday-Sanz has over 35 years' experience working on diverse aspects of shrimp and fish biosecurity covering understanding of disease process, diagnostics, sanitary legislation, health management, genetics and biosecurity. She has often collaborated as an expert for international organizations such as FAO, EU, EFSA and OIE. She has published approximately 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 70 articles in industry magazines and is the co-author, together with Prof. Tim Flegel, of the CD-ROM Diagnosis of Shrimp Diseases , with an emphasis on Penaeus monodon , and is the editor of The Shrimp Book. Currently, she is the Director of Biosecurity and Breeding Programs of NAQUA. Although she started her career in academics, she has spent the last 13 years dedicated to industrial scale production of shrimp and fish. This book combines this new perspective with the policy and development experience. See less