27Assessment of national dietary guidelines in a number of European countries reveals 28 that some are based on cohort studies, focusing on total seafood consumption, while 29 others are based on the content of EPA and DHA, distinguishing between oily and 30 other fish. The mean actual intake of fish in most countries is around or below the 31 recommended intake, with differences in intake of fish being present between sex and 32 age groups. Many people do not reach the national recommendation for total fish 33 intake. Dietary recommendations for fish and EPA/DHA are based mainly on data 34 collected more than 10 years ago. However, methods of farmed fish production have 35 changed considerably since then. The actual content of EPA and DHA in farmed 36 salmon has nearly halved as the traditional finite marine ingredients fish meal and 37 fish oil in salmon diets have been replaced with sustainable alternatives of terrestrial 38 origin. As farmed salmon is an important source of EPA and DHA in many Western 39 countries, our intake of these fatty acids is likely to have decreased. In addition, 40 levels of vitamin D and Se are also found to have declined in farmed fish in the past 41 decade. Significant changes in the EPA and DHA, vitamin D and Se content of 42 farmed fish means that average intakes of these nutrients in Western populations are 43 probably lower than before. This may have consequences for the health-giving 44properties of fish as well as future dietary recommendations for fish intake. 45 3 Fish supply and trends in fish production 46 Fish and fishery products play an important role in the provision of dietary needs 47 for long-chain PUFA (LC n-3 PUFA), protein, vitamins and minerals (1) . Fish are a 48 critical food source for many local communities in Africa and Asia where capture 49 fisheries and aquaculture may provide people with between 50% and 60% of their 50 average per capita intake of animal protein (2) . In the past five decades, the total supply 51 of fish for food consumption has increased at an annual rate of 3·2%, while the world 52 population has increased by 1·6% per annum in the same period. The relative 53 increase in supply of fish for consumption is mostly due to population growth, rising 54 incomes, urbanisation and a strong expansion of global production and 55 distribution of fish products (3) . A recent International Model for Policy Analysis of 56Agricultural commodities and Trade (IMPACT) model projected that fish production 57 is expected to grow by nearly 24% between 2010 and 2030, and the world population 58 is projected to grow at just over 20% during the same period, ensuring that increased 59 fish consumption can be managed (4) . However, the increase in production cannot only 60 be delivered by wild capture fisheries. Indeed, the proportion of assessed marine fish 61 stocks fished within biologically sustainable levels declined from 90% in 1974 to 62 71% in 2011, with 29% of fish stocks being overfished (3) . Aquaculture has the 63 potential...