Certify Sustainable Aquaculture?
- 6 September 2013
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 341 (6150), 1067-1068
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1237314
Abstract
Aquaculture, the farming of aquatic organisms, provides close to 50% of the world's supply of seafood, with a value of U.S. $125 billion. It makes up 13% of the world's animal-source protein (excluding eggs and dairy) and employs an estimated 24 million people (1). With capture (i.e., wild) fisheries production stagnating, aquaculture may help close the forecast global deficit in fish protein by 2020 (2). This so-called “blue revolution” requires addressing a range of environmental and social problems, including water pollution, degradation of ecosystems, and violation of labor standards.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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