Executive summary Food systems have the potential to nurture human health and support
environmental sustainability; however, they are currently threatening both. Providing a …

Global production of farmed fish and shellfish has more than doubled in the past 15 years.
Many people believe that such growth relieves pressure on ocean fisheries, but the opposite …

The sustainability of aquaculture has been debated intensely since 2000, when a review on
the net contribution of aquaculture to world fish supplies was published in Nature. This …

The food system is a major driver of climate change, changes in land use, depletion of
freshwater resources, and pollution of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems through excessive …

Rising global demand for seafood and declining catches have resulted in the volume of
mariculture doubling each decade, a growth expected by the FAO to persist in the decades …

Fish and other aquatic foods (blue foods) present an opportunity for more sustainable diets,.
Yet comprehensive comparison has been limited due to sparse inclusion of blue foods in …

The rapid development of intensive fed aquaculture (eg finfish and shrimp) throughout the
world is associated with concerns about the environmental impacts of such often …

Following a precise evaluation protocol that was applied to a pool of 202 articles published
between 2003 and 2014, this paper evaluates the existing evidence of how and to what …

Systems linking people and nature, known as social-ecological systems, are increasingly
understood as complex adaptive systems. Essential features of these complex adaptive …

The marine aquaculture sector is growing rapidly. Offshore aquaculture installations have
been drawing increasing attention from researchers, industry and policy makers as a …