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    • Aquatic foods to nourish nations 

      Golden, C.D.; Koehn, Z.; Shepon, A.; Passarelli, S.; Free, C.; Viana, D.F.; Matthey, H.; Eurich, J.J.; Gephart, J.; Fluet-Chouinard, E.; Nyboer, E.A.; Lynch, A.J.; Kjellevold, M.; Bromage, S.; Charlebois, P.; Barange, M.; Vannuccini, S.; Cao, L.; Kleisner, K.; Rimm, E.B.; Danaei, G.; DeSisto, C.; Kelahan, H.; Fiorella, K.; Little, D.; Allison, E.; Fanzo, J.; Thilsted, S.H.; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2021)
      Type: Journal Article
      Despite contributing to healthy diets for billions of people, aquatic foods are often undervalued as a nutritional solution because their diversity is often reduced to the protein and energy value of a single food type ...
    • Attributes of climate resilience in fisheries: From theory to practice 

      Mason, J.; Eurich, J.J.; Lau, J.; Battista, W.; Free, C.; Mills, K.E.; Tokunaga, K.; Zhao, L.Z.; Dickey-Collas, M.; Valle, M.; Pecl, G.; Cinner, J.; McClanahan, T.; Allison, E.; Friedman, W.R.; Silva, C.; Yáñez, E.; Barbieri, M.A.; Kleisner, K.; Jacqueline Lau: 0000-0002-0403-8423 (2022)
      Type: Journal Article
      In a changing climate, there is an imperative to build coupled social-ecological systems—including fisheries—that can withstand or adapt to climate stressors. Although resilience theory identifies system attributes that ...
    • Blind spots in visions of a ‘‘blue economy’’ could undermine the ocean’s contribution to eliminating hunger and malnutrition 

      Farmery, A.; Allison, E.; Andrew, N.L.; Troell, M.; Voyer, M.; Campbell, B.; Eriksson, H.; Fabinyi, M.; Song, A.; Steenbergen, D.; Hampus Eriksson: 0000-0003-1199-6889 (2021)
      Type: Journal Article
      Increasing the production of food from the ocean is seen as a pathway toward more sustainable and healthier human diets. Yet this potential is being overshadowed by competing uses of ocean resources in an acceler- ating ...
    • Climate change, tropical fisheries and prospects for sustainable development 

      Lam, V.W.; Allison, E.; Bell, J.; Blythe, J.; Cheung, W.W.; Frölicher, T.; Gasalla, M.L.; Sumaila, U.
      Type: Journal Article
      Tropical fisheries substantially contribute to the well-being of societies in both the tropics and the extratropics, the latter through ‘telecoupling’ — linkages between distant human–natural systems. Tropical marine ...
    • Combined innovations in public policy, the private sector and culture can drive sustainability transitions in food systems 

      Moberg, E.; Allison, E.; Harl, H.; Arbow, T.; Almaraz, M.; Dixon, J.; Scarborough, C.; Skinner, T.; Vang, L.; Salter, A.; Lei, X.G.; Halpern, B.S. (2021)
      Type: Journal Article
      Global food system analyses call for an urgent transition to sustainable human diets but how this might be achieved within the current global food regime is poorly explored. Here we examine the factors that have fostered ...
    • Evolving the narrative for protecting a rapidly changing ocean, post-COVID-19. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 

      Ota, Y.; Allison, E.; Fabinyi, M. (2021)
      Type: Journal Article
      Calls for global action on environmental issues have been popular since the 1970s and public interest in them has been raised by rallying people to the notion that we all share one world. One need look no further than the ...
    • Harnessing global fisheries to tackle micronutrient deficiencies 

      Hicks, C.; Cohen, P.J.; Mills, D.J.; Thilsted, S.; Roscher, M.B.; Graham, N.; Nash, K.; Allison, E.; D'Lima, C.; Thorne-Lyman, A.; MacNeil, M.A.; Philippa Jane Cohen: 0000-0002-9987-1943; David Jonathan Mills: 0000-0003-0181-843X; Matthew B Roscher: 0000-0002-3408-8763 (2019)
      Type: Journal Article
      Micronutrient deficiencies account for an estimated one million premature deaths annually, and for some nations can reduce gross domestic product1,2 by up to 11%, highlighting the need for food policies that focus on ...
    • Harnessing the diversity of small-scale actors is key to the future of aquatic food systems 

      Short, R.; Gelcich, S.; Little, D.; Micheli, F.; Allison, E.; Basurto, X.; Belton, B.; Brugere, C.; Bush, S.R.; Cao, L.; Crona, B.; Cohen, P.J.; Defeo, O.; Edwards, P.; Ferguson, C.; Franz, N.; Golden, C.D.; Halpern, B.S.; Hazen, L.; Hicks, C.; Johnson, D.; Kaminski, A.; Mangubhai, S.; Naylor, R.L.; Melba, B.G.; Sumaila, U.; Thilsted, S.H.; Tigchelaar, M.; Wabnitz, C.C.; Zhang, W.; Philippa Jane Cohen: 0000-0002-9987-1943; Alexander Kaminski: 0000-0001-5148-0460; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2021)
      Type: Journal Article
      Small-scale fisheries and aquaculture (SSFA) provide livelihoods for over 100 million people and sustenance for ~1 billion people, particularly in the Global South. Aquatic foods are distributed through diverse supply ...
    • Identifying Policy Best-Practices to Support the Contribution of Aquatic Foods to Food and Nutrition Security 

      Farmery, A.; White, A.; Allison, E. (2021)
      Type: Journal Article
      The relationship between aquatic foods and food nutrition and security is increasingly recognised in policy and practice, yet many governance instruments do not acknowledge or support this important connection. The most ...
    • Livelihoods and territorialisation of ocean space 

      Gustavsson, M.; Allison, E. (2022)
      Type: Book Chapter
      In this chapter we discuss the place of fishing communities and fishing livelihoods within the emerging spatial turn in ocean management. It is argued that the place-specific and mobile livelihood strategies of fishing ...
    • Mapping global human dependence on marine ecosystems 

      Selig, E.R.; Hole, D.G.; Allison, E.; Arkema, K.K.; McKinnon, M.C.; Chu, J.J.; de Sherbinin, A.; Fisher, B.; Glew, L.; Holland, M.B.; Ingram, J.C.; Rao, N.S.; Russell, R.B.; Srebotnjak, T.; Teh, L.C.; Troëng, S.; Turner, W.R.; Zvoleff, A.
      Type: Journal Article
      Many human populations are dependent on marine ecosystems for a range of benefits, but we understand little about where and to what degree people rely on these ecosystem services. We created a new conceptual model to map ...
    • Recognize fish as food in policy discourse and development funding 

      Bennett, A.; Basurto, X.; Virdin, J.; Lin, X.; Betances, S.J.; Smith, M.D.; Allison, E.; Best, B.A.; Brownell, K.D.; Campbell, L.M.; Golden, C.D.; Havice, E.; Hicks, C.; Jacques, P.J.; Kleisner, K.; Lindquist, N.; Lobo, R.; Murray, G.D.; Nowlin, M.; Patil, P.G.; Rader, D.N.; Roady, S.E.; Thilsted, S.H.; Zoubek, S.; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2021)
      Type: Journal Article
      The international development community is off-track from meeting targets for alleviating global malnutrition. Meanwhile, there is growing consensus across scientific disciplines that fish plays a crucial role in food and ...
    • Rights and representation support justice across aquatic food systems 

      Hicks, C.; Gephart, J.; Koehn, Z.; Takeshima, S.; Payne, H.J.; Allison, E.; Belhabib, D.; Cao, L.; Cohen, P.J.; Fanzo, J.; Fluet-Chouinard, E.; Gelcich, S.; Golden, C.D.; Gorospe, K.D.; Isaacs, M.; Kuempel, C.D.; Lee, K.N.; MacNeil, M.A.; Maire, E.; Njuki, J.; Rao, N.; Sumaila, U.; Selig, E.R.; Thilsted, S.H.; Wabnitz, C.C.; Naylor, R.L.; Philippa Jane Cohen: 0000-0002-9987-1943; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2022)
      Type: Journal Article
      Injustices are prevalent in food systems, where the accumulation of vast wealth is possible for a few, yet one in ten people remain hungry. Here, for 194 countries we combine aquatic food production, distribution and ...
    • Seafood in Food Security: A Call for Bridging the Terrestrial-Aquatic Divide 

      Stetkiewicz, S.; Norman, R.A.; Allison, E.; Andrew, N.L.; Ara, G.; Banner-Stevens, G.; Belton, B.; Beveridge, M.; Bogard, J.; Bush, S.R.; Coffee, P.; Crumlish, M.; Edwards, P.; Eltholth, M.; Falconer, L.; Ferreira, J.G.; Garrett, A.; Gatward, I.; Islam, F.U.; Kaminski, A.; Kjellevold, M.; Kruijssen, F.; Leschen, W.; Mamun, A.; McAdam, B.; Newton, R.; Krogh-Poulsen, B.; Pounds, A.; Richardson, B.; Roos, N.; Röös, E.; Shapper, A.; Spence-McConnell, T.; Suri, S.K.; Thilsted, S.H.; Thompson, K.D.; Tlusty, M.; Troell, M.; Vignola, R.; Young, J.A.; Zhang, W.; Little, D.; Jessica Bogard: 0000-0001-5503-5284; Alexander Kaminski: 0000-0001-5148-0460; Sharon K Suri: 0000-0003-3064-7991; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2022)
      Type: Journal Article
      The contribution of seafood to global food security is being increasingly highlighted in policy. However, the extent to which such claims are supported in the current food security literature is unclear. This review assesses ...
    • Securing a just space for small-scale fisheries in the blue economy 

      Cohen, P.J.; Allison, E.; Andrew, N.; Cinner, J.; Evans, L.; Fabinyi, M.; Garces, L.R.; Stephen, H.; Hicks, C.; Hughes, T.; Jentoft, S.; Mills, D.J.; Masu, R.; Mbaru, E.; Ratner, B.; Philippa Jane Cohen: 0000-0002-9987-1943; David Jonathan Mills: 0000-0003-0181-843X (2019)
      Type: Journal Article
      The vast development opportunities offered by the world’s coasts and oceans have attracted the attention of governments, private enterprises, philanthropic organizations and international conservation organizations. ...
    • Social equity and benefits as the nexus of a transformative Blue Economy: A sectoral review of implications 

      Cisneros-Montemayor, A.M.; Allison, E. (2019)
      Type: Journal Article
      The term ‘Blue Economy’ is increasingly used in various marine sectors and development frameworks. For it to be a truly useful approach, however, we argue that social benefits and equity must be explicitly prioritized ...
    • Survival of the Richest, not the Fittest: How attempts to improve governance impact African small-scale marine fisheries 

      Okafor-Yarwood, I.; Kadagi, N.I.; Belhabib, D.; Allison, E. (2022)
      Type: Journal Article
      The sustainable use of fisheries resources is a priority of the African Union in developing the Blue Economy (BE). Growing global demand for seafood has attracted diverse actors to African waters, including Distant Water ...
    • Sustainable development outcomes of livelihood diversification in small-scale fisheries 

      Roscher, M.B.; Allison, E.; Mills, D.J.; Eriksson, H.; Hellebrandt, D.; Andrew, N.L.; Matthew B Roscher: 0000-0002-3408-8763; David Jonathan Mills: 0000-0003-0181-843X; Hampus Eriksson: 0000-0003-1199-6889 (2022)
      Type: Journal Article
      Livelihood diversification is increasingly central to policy advice and investments in rural development and fisheries management. For small-scale fishing communities in low- to middle-income countries, more diverse ...
    • Towards Ocean Equity 

      Osterblum, H.; Wabnitz, C.C.; Tladi, D.; Allison, E.; Arnaud-Haond, S.; Bebbington, J.; Bennett, N.; Blasiak, R.; Boonstra, W.J.; Choudhury, A.; Cisneros-Montemayor, A.M.; Daw, T.; Fabinyi, M.; Franz, N.; Harden-Davies, H.; Kleiber, D.L.; Lopes, P.; McDougall, C.; Resosudarmo, B.P.; Selim, S.A.; Afrina Choudhury: 0000-0003-1734-6238; Cynthia McDougall: 0000-0002-5606-6813 (2020)
      Type: Working Paper
      This paper examines the distribution of the goods and services provided by the ocean, existing inequities and the resulting impacts on the environment, human health, and income distribution now and in the future. The paper ...
    • The Vital Roles of Blue Foods in the Global Food System 

      Leape, J.; Micheli, F.; Tigchelaar, M.; Allison, E.; Basurto, X.; Bennett, A.; Bush, S.R.; Cao, L.; Crona, B.; DeClerck, F.; Fanzo, J.; Gelcich, S.; Gephart, J.; Golden, C.D.; Hicks, C.; Kishore, A.; Koehn, Z.; Little, D.; Naylor, R.L.; Selig, E.R.; Short, R.; Sumaila, U.; Thilsted, S.H.; Troell, M.; Wabnitz, C.C.; Fabrice DeClerck: 0000-0002-3631-8745; Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted: 0000-0002-4041-1651 (2021)
      Type: Brief
      Blue foods – fish, invertebrates, algae and aquatic plants captured or cultured in freshwater and marine ecosystems – play a central role in food and nutrition security for billions of people and are a cornerstone of the ...