Aquaculture

ISSUES

Farmed fish fill our plates

Aquaculture is the sector of the food industry that has the highest rate of growth in the world, mainly for the two following reasons:
- The demand in fish protein keeps expanding, due to the worldwide demographic growth and food preferences turning more towards sea products. The average consumption of products of aquatic origin was 16kg (≈ 8 pounds) per person annually in 2004 (187 kg per person in the Maldives, 66 kg in Japon, 26 kg in European union and China).
- Wild fishery stocks are decreasing, since ecosystems have reached their maximum catch potential for a number of species. The sea fish landings fluctuated around 80 to 90 million tonnes per year since the mid eighties.
Contribution to “food safety”
Aquaculture offers a diet rich in high quality proteins, essential fatty acids, together with vitamins and minerals. Approximately 56% of the world’s population obtains at least 20% of its supply in an...

NEWS

'Sustainable fish' label comes under fire

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DEBATES

Antibiotic Residues in Aquaculture products : the Issue

FAO

Salmon Farming

From the Scottish Highlands to the Pacific waters of Chili,...

How long can we keep fishing to feed fish?

The over-harvesting of small fish to feed farmed salmon is...

FOCUS

Nobel Price of ecology

Designed to recognize grassroots environmental heroes, the Goldman Environmental Prize, founded by Richard and Rhoda Goldman in 1989 In San Francisco, is awarded annually to individuals from the six inhabited continental regions for sustained and significant efforts to...

VIDEOS

14/08/2012	Despite an increased awareness of overfishing, the majority of people...	31/01/2012	A major investigation by the Ecologist reveals a host of unreported...
13/09/2010	Poachers hunting for black caviar are pushing the sturgeon towards...	23/02/2009	La biologiste Alexandra Morton est en lutte contre les stations...

GREEN TIPS

Sustainable aquiculture

In 2003, the French Institute of Research for Development (l’Institut de Recherche pour le Développement...

INDICATORS

Undernourishment

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