Fisheries in transition: Food and nutrition security implications for the global South

By B. Belton, Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted. 2014

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Fisheries and fish supply are undergoing a fundamental structural transition, as indicated by a ten country analysis. Aquaculture now provides around half the fish for direct human consumption and is set to grow further, but capture fisheries continue to make essential contributions to food and nutrition security throughout the global South. Capture fisheries provide diverse, nutritionally valuable fish and fish products which are often culturally preferred and easily accessed by the poor. Technological changes in aquaculture have dramatically increased fish supply, lowered relative fish prices, and reigned in price volatility. Policies that recognize and safeguard the diversity and complementarity of roles played by capture fisheries and aquaculture are needed to ensure that the transition in fisheries sustainably improves food and nutrition security in the global South.

Subfields: Aquatic Science, Global and Planetary Change

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Inland capture fishery contributions to global food security and threats to their future (2014, background): “Inland fisheries (fish harvested from freshwater) are globally distributed and have been reported to be a rich source of nutrients, such as protein and calcium, that are crucial to human health (Belton and Thilsted, 2014).”
Most fish destined for fishmeal production are food-grade fish (2017, background): “This is necessary to understand the food security implications of using inherently limited but renewable fisheries resources for non- DHC purposes (Belton & Thilsted, 2014; Béné et al., 2016).”
Is Aquaculture Pro-Poor? Empirical Evidence of Impacts on Fish Consumption in Bangladesh (2014, background): “A fundamental transition in the structure of the global fisheries sector, from supply dominated by capture fisheries to supply dominated by aquaculture, is taking place (Belton & Thilsted, 2014).”
Improving diets with wild and cultivated biodiversity from across the landscape (2015, background): “As aquaculture continues to expand in many low-income countries, the changed production patterns towards production of very few, large fish species will lead to a reduction in fish species diversity for consumption, and may have negative consequences on diet quality (Belton and Thilsted 2014).”
Nutrient composition of important fish species in Bangladesh and potential contribution to recommended nutrient intakes (2015, background): “This is an open access artic food production sector, during a period of decline in capture fisheries (Belton and Thilsted, 2014).”