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.
Nature,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 15, 2025
Sustainable
development
aspires
to
"leave
no
one
behind"1.
Even
so,
limited
attention
has
been
paid
small-scale
fisheries
(SSF)
and
their
importance
in
eradicating
poverty,
hunger
malnutrition.
Through
a
collaborative
multidimensional
data-driven
approach,
we
have
estimated
that
SSF
provide
at
least
40%
(37.3
million
tonnes)
of
global
catches
2.3
billion
people
with,
on
average,
20%
dietary
intake
across
six
key
micronutrients
essential
for
human
health.
Globally,
the
livelihood
1
every
12
people,
nearly
half
them
women,
depends
partly
fishing,
total
generating
44%
(US$77.2
billion)
economic
value
all
landed.
Regionally,
Asian
fish,
support
livelihoods
supply
nutrition
largest
number
people.
Relative
capture
sector
(comprising
large-scale
fisheries),
regions,
African
most
catch
nutrition,
Oceania
improve
livelihoods.
Maintaining
increasing
these
contributions
sustainable
requires
targeted
effective
actions,
especially
engagement
fisherfolk
shared
management
governance.
Without
governance
focused
SSF,
marginalization
millions
fishers
fishworkers
will
worsen.
A
study
aimed
revealing
role
shows
they
fishing
affect
world,
among
other
important
contributions.
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.
