Aquaculture Economics & Management,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 1 - 23
Published: Jan. 7, 2025
Aquaculture
has
been
the
primary
engine
driving
increases
in
global
aquatic
food
supply
for
over
three
decades.
Despite
its
undisputed
success
terms
of
increased
production,
there
considerable
concern
and
criticism
regarding
various
aspects
aquaculture,
particularly
relation
to
environmental
social
sustainability.
However,
no
method
developed
or
data
collected,
that
can
be
consistently
used
compare
aquaculture
system
performance
along
pillars
sustainability:
environmental,
economic,
performance,
at
finer
scales.
The
Performance
Indicators
(APIs)
are
designed
address
this
major
gap.
APIs
adopt
a
very
similar
framework
successful
Fishery
(FPIs)
comparable
with
FPIs,
more
aggregated
levels.
This
work
introduces
API
approach
implementation
date.
Thus
far,
69
assessments
have
conducted
associated
40%
production
quantity
36%
value.
Food Security,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
14(3), P. 805 - 827
Published: Jan. 20, 2022
Abstract
The
contribution
of
aquatic
animal
protein
to
the
global,
animal-source
supply
and
relative
importance
aquaculture
capture
fisheries
in
supplying
this
is
relevant
assessments
decisions
related
future
food
production
its
security.
Meat
terrestrial
animals,
milk,
eggs
resulted
76,966
Kt
crude
compared
with
13,950
or
15.3%
from
animals
2018.While
produced
a
greater
tonnage
7,135
while
yielded
6,815
Kt.
Capture
has
not
increased
past
two
decades,
must
increase
assure
growing
demand
for
products
by
larger
more
affluent
population.
We
estimated
based
on
status
quo
consumption,
that
would
need
82,087
2018
129,000
2050
meet
About
two-thirds
finfish
crustacean
feed-based,
feeds
these
species
include
fishmeal
fish
oil
as
ingredients.
Aquaculture
require
major
portion
global
oil.
An
71.0%
73.9%
are
made
catch
rest
coming
processing
waste.
small,
pelagic
ocean
predicted
future.
should
reduce
use
lessen
dependency
small
wild
important
integrity
marine
webs
security
poor
many
coastal
areas.
Fishmeal
shortages
feed
will
result
limit
if
goals
their
met.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
12(1)
Published: Sept. 15, 2021
Numerous
studies
have
focused
on
the
need
to
expand
production
of
'blue
foods',
defined
as
aquatic
foods
captured
or
cultivated
in
marine
and
freshwater
systems,
meet
rising
population-
income-driven
demand.
Here
we
analyze
roles
economic,
demographic,
geographic
factors
preferences
shaping
blue
food
demand,
using
secondary
data
from
FAO
The
World
Bank,
parameters
published
models,
case
at
national
sub-national
scales.
Our
results
show
a
weak
cross-sectional
relationship
between
per
capita
income
consumption
globally
when
an
aggregate
fish
metric.
Disaggregation
by
species
group
reveals
distinct
patterns;
for
example,
high
China
pelagic
Ghana
Peru
where
these
are
widely
available,
affordable,
traditionally
eaten.
We
project
near
doubling
global
demand
mid-century
assuming
continued
growth
aquaculture
constant
real
prices
fish.
study
concludes
that
nutritional
environmental
consequences
will
depend
substitution
among
groups
other
animal
source
diets.
Science,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
380(6642)
Published: April 20, 2023
Earth's
biodiversity
and
human
societies
face
pollution,
overconsumption
of
natural
resources,
urbanization,
demographic
shifts,
social
economic
inequalities,
habitat
loss,
many
which
are
exacerbated
by
climate
change.
Here,
we
review
links
among
climate,
biodiversity,
society
develop
a
roadmap
toward
sustainability.
These
include
limiting
warming
to
1.5°C
effectively
conserving
restoring
functional
ecosystems
on
30
50%
land,
freshwater,
ocean
"scapes."
We
envision
mosaic
interconnected
protected
shared
spaces,
including
intensively
used
strengthen
self-sustaining
the
capacity
people
nature
adapt
mitigate
change,
nature's
contributions
people.
Fostering
interlinked
human,
ecosystem,
planetary
health
for
livable
future
urgently
requires
bold
implementation
transformative
policy
interventions
through
institutions,
governance,
systems
from
local
global
levels.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
119(33)
Published: Aug. 8, 2022
Understanding
and
communicating
the
environmental
impacts
of
food
products
is
key
to
enabling
transitions
environmentally
sustainable
systems
[El
Bilali
Allahyari,
Inf.
Process.
Agric.
5,
456-464
(2018)].
While
previous
analyses
compared
commodities
such
as
fruits,
wheat,
beef
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Nemecek,
