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Harnessing the diversity of small-scale actors is key to the future of aquatic food systems
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 ...
Wealthy countries dominate industrial fishing
Type: Journal Article
The patterns by which different nations share global fisheries influence outcomes for food security, trajectories of economic development, and competition between industrial and small-scale fishing. We report patterns of ...
Identifying Policy Best-Practices to Support the Contribution of Aquatic Foods to Food and Nutrition Security
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 ...
Mapping global human dependence on marine ecosystems
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 ...
The Vital Roles of Blue Foods in the Global Food System
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 ...
Harnessing global fisheries to tackle micronutrient deficiencies
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 ...
Attributes of climate resilience in fisheries: From theory to practice
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 ...
Aquatic foods to nourish nations
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 ...
Survival of the Richest, not the Fittest: How attempts to improve governance impact African small-scale marine fisheries
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 ...
Combined innovations in public policy, the private sector and culture can drive sustainability transitions in food systems
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 ...