World expected to consume twice as much seafood by 2050, new findings suggest
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The world will consume twice as much seafood by 2050, according to new research. But despite the increased demand, a stronger turn to sustainable fishing could help address malnutrition and lower our overall environmental footprint.
But despite this increased demand for aquatic animals such as fish, mollusks, or crabs (all known as blue foods), a stronger turn to sustainable fishing could help address malnutrition and lower humanity’s environmental footprint overall.
“Few, if any, countries are developing their blue food sector to provide ecological, economic, and health benefits to its full potential,” Prof. Rosamond Naylor, founding director at Center on Food Security and the Environment at Stanford University, said in recent press release.
As part of a series of new research involving his centre, the Blue Food Assessment (BFA) last month released five new peer-reviewed papers projecting that more sustainable fishing and moving away from traditional capture fishing, could lead to boosting people’s livelihoods and a “profound” effect on nutrient deficiencies, especially among lower-income populations.
Blue food species, such as trout, carps, oysters and mussels for example, are richer in important nutrients as compared to other food sources like chicken.
