Aquaculture's 2050 challenge
Providing essential sources of food, income and livelihood for many millions of people, the global importance of seafood cannot be overstated. Seafood provides about 3.3 billion people with more than 20% of their average per capita intake of animal protein (Source: ‘The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture’, FAO 2020).
From a health perspective, seafood is an excellent source of easily digested, high-quality protein, and provides crucial fats, vitamins and minerals. As such, it’s accepted that even consuming small quantities can have a positive nutritional impact for people of all ages.
Because the global demand for seafood is growing at an unprecedented rate and the output of capture fisheries has longlingered at current levels, the onus has been on aquaculture to supply increasingly larger volumes.
