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The vital roles of blue foods in the global food system

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Title The vital roles of blue foods in the global food system
 
Creator Tigchelaar, Michelle
Leape, Jim
Micheli, Fiorenza
Allison, Edward H.
Basurto, Xavier
Bennett, Abigail
Bush, Simon R.
Cao, Ling
Cheung, William
Crona, Beatrice
DeClerck, Fabrice
Fanzo, Jessica
Gelcich, Stefan
Gephart, Jessica
Golden, Christopher
Halpern, Benjamin
Hicks, Christina
Jonell, Malin
Kishore, Avinash
Koehn, Zachary
Little, David
Naylor, Rosamond
Phillips, Michael
Selig, Elizabeth
Short, Rebecca
Sumaila, Ussif Rashid
Thilsted, Shakuntala H.
Troell, Max F.
Wabnitz, Colette
 
Subject nutrition
Fish
environmental sustainability
aquatic foods
blue foods
food system governance
small-scale actors
 
Description Blue foods play a central role in food and nutrition security for billions of people and are a cornerstone of the livelihoods, economies, and cultures of many coastal and riparian communities. Blue foods are extraordinarily diverse, are often rich in essential micronutrients and fatty acids, and can often be produced in ways that are more environmentally sustainable than terrestrial animal-source foods. Capture fisheries constitute the largest wild-food resource for human extraction that would be challenging to replace. Yet, despite their unique value, blue foods have often been left out of food system analyses, policies, and investments. Here, we focus on three imperatives for realizing the potential of blue foods: (1) Bring blue foods into the heart of food system decision-making; (2) Protect and develop the potential of blue foods to help end malnutrition; and (3) Support the central role of small-scale actors in fisheries and aquaculture. Recognition of the importance of blue foods for food and nutrition security constitutes a critical justification to preserve the integrity and diversity of aquatic species and ecosystems.
 
Date 2022-06-01
2023-01-11T01:59:47Z
2023-01-11T01:59:47Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Michelle Tigchelaar, Jim Leape, Fiorenza Micheli, Edward (Eddie) Allison, Xavier Basurto, Abigail Bennett, Simon Bush, Ling Cao, William Cheung, Beatrice Crona, Fabrice DeClerck, Jessica Fanzo, Stefan Gelcich, Jessica Gephart, Christopher Golden, Benjamin Halpern, Christina Hicks, Malin Jonell, Avinash Kishore, Zachary Koehn, David Little, Rosamond Naylor, Michael Phillips, Elizabeth Selig, Rebecca Short, Ussif Rashid Sumaila, Shakuntala Thilsted, Max Troell, Colette Wabnitz. (1/6/2022). The vital roles of blue foods in the global food system. Global Food Security, 33.
2211-9124
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126809
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2022.100637
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Source Global Food Security