Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

Farming fish in the sea will not nourish the world

  • Ben Belton,
  • David C. Little,
  • Wenbo Zhang,
  • Peter Edwards,
  • Michael Skladany,
  • Shakuntala H. Thilsted

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19679-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Marine aquaculture is widely proposed as compatible with ocean sustainability, biodiversity conservation, and human nutrition goals. In this Perspective, Belton and colleagues dispute the empirical validity of such claims and contend that the potential of marine aquaculture has been much exaggerated.