Recognize fish as food in policy discourse and development funding

Bennett, Abigail; Basurto, Xavier; Virdin, John; Lin, Xinyan; Betances, Samantha J.; Smith, Martin D.; Allison, Edward H.; Best, Barbara; Brownell, Kelly D.; Campbell, Lisa M.; Golden, Christopher D.; Havice, Elizabeth; Hicks, Christina C.; Jacques, Peter; Kleisner, Kristin M.; Lindquist, Niels; Lobo, Rafaella; Murray, Grant; Nowlin, Michelle B.; Patil, Pawan G.; Rader, Douglas N.; Roady, Stephen E.; Thilsted, Shakuntala H.; Zoubek, Sarah

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“…Companies and governments will work together to ensure fish remains affordable (Belton et al 2020 ) and there will be increased data availability to ensure that processed seafood products are nutritious and free from contaminants (Moxness Reksten et al 2020 ). Seafood will be a ubiquitous ingredient in malnutrition programs and school feeding programs and fishery and food policies will become well integrated (Bennett et al 2021 ). Food from the sea will continue to contribute to poverty eradication and provide meaningful work for millions of small-scale fishers and farmers (FAO 2015 ).…”

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Food for all: designing sustainable and secure future seafood systems

Farmery

Alexander

Anderson

et al. 2021

Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

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Graphic abstract Food from the sea can make a larger contribution to healthy and sustainable diets, and to addressing hunger and malnutrition, through improvements in production, distribution and equitable access to wild harvest and mariculture resources and products. The supply and consumption of seafood is influenced by a range of ‘drivers’ including ecosystem change and ocean regulation, the influence of corporations and evolving consumer demand, as well as the growing focus on the importance of seafood for meeting nutritional needs. These drivers need to be examined in a holistic way to develop an informed understanding of the needs, potential impacts and solutions that align seafood production and consumption with relevant 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper uses an evidence-based narrative approach to examine how the anticipated global trends for seafood might be experienced by people in different social, geographical and economic situations over the next ten years. Key drivers influencing seafood within the global food system are identified and used to construct a future scenario based on our current trajectory (Business-as-usual 2030). Descriptive pathways and actions are then presented for a more sustainable future scenario that strives towards achieving the SDGs as far as technically possible (More sustainable 2030). Prioritising actions that not only sustainably produce more seafood, but consider aspects of access and utilisation, particularly for people affected by food insecurity and malnutrition, is an essential part of designing sustainable and secure future seafood systems. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11160-021-09663-x.

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Food for all: designing sustainable and secure future seafood systems

Farmery

Alexander

Anderson

et al. 2021

Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

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“…This paper presents findings of a scoping study conducted to identify factors that mediate fish intake by populations in the AGLR. Whilst previous reviews have examined production trends, supply constraints and linkages with food and nutrition security [ 14 , 23 , 24 ], we have applied a food environment lens to collate and appraise primary evidence of the factors which promote or inhibit fish intake. Our review has sought to identify knowledge gaps to be addressed through future food systems research and to highlight findings of relevance to programmes, policies and investment decisions in the region.…”

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Fish Acquisition and Consumption in the African Great Lakes Region through a Food Environment Lens: A Scoping Review

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Effective actions for the fishery and aquaculture sectors to contribute toward improving nutrition rely on an understanding of the factors influencing fish intake, particularly amongst vulnerable populations. This scoping review synthesises evidence from 33 studies in the African Great Lakes Region to examine the influence of food environments on fish acquisition and consumption. We identified only two studies that explicitly applied a food environment framework and none that linked policy conditions with the contribution of fish to diets. Economic access to fish was represented in the largest number of included studies (21 studies), followed by preferences, acceptability and desirability of fish (17 studies) and availability and physical access (14 studies). Positive perceptions of taste and low cost, relative to other animal-source foods, were drivers of fish purchases in many settings; however, limited physical and economic access were frequently identified as preventing optimal intake. In lakeside communities, fish were increasingly directed toward external markets which reduced the availability and affordability of fish for local households. Few studies considered intra-household variations in fish access according to age, gender or physiological status, which represents an important knowledge gap. There is also scope for future research on seasonal influences on fish access and the design and rigorous evaluation of programmes and policies that address one or more constraints of availability, cost, convenience and preferences.

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“…A growing body of research highlights the important contribution of aquatic foods to food and nutrition security (FNS) and to sustaining healthy diets [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ]. However, the contribution of wild-capture fisheries and aquaculture remains underrepresented in major FNS policy initiatives [ 3 , 7 ] and sustainable diet research [ 8 ].…”

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“…However, aquatic foods have substantial potential to improve global diets, as a highly nutritious source of food that can have a lower environmental footprint than other animal-sourced proteins [ 13 , 14 ]. Aquatic foods contribute variously to the four pillars of food security—availability, access, utilisation and stability—in which nutrition is integral [ 15 ] and ongoing support is required to ensure their contribution in order to meet a range of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [ 2 ].…”

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“…Greater political commitment is needed to link fisheries and aquaculture with food security and public health [ 16 , 20 , 21 ]. In addition, there is a need to reframe policies to establish fish as food (in addition to a trade commodity, or an environmental governance challenge) [ 2 , 4 ] and to support the role of aquatic foods within a ‘food system’ to address concerns around health, sustainability and equity in food access, affordability and consumption [ 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 ]. Consideration of these broader food system elements is gaining traction in agricultural research and policy, although the role and contribution of aquatic foods in food systems has largely been ignored [ 24 , 25 ].…”

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Identifying Policy Best-Practices to Support the Contribution of Aquatic Foods to Food and Nutrition Security

Farmery

White²,

Allison

2021

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The relationship between aquatic foods and food nutrition and security is increasingly recognised in policy and practice, yet many governance instruments do not acknowledge or support this important connection. The most effective policy approaches to support the link between these sectors, or ‘best practices’ are currently unknown. We reviewed relevant governance instruments from multiple countries to identify how these instruments linked fisheries, aquaculture and food security and nutrition, including the policy framing and evidence of political commitment. Of the documents connecting the sectors (65%), the majority did so in the context of developing the fisheries/aquaculture sector to increase aquatic food availability and/or access (51%), followed by developing the fisheries/aquaculture sector as a livelihoods approach to indirectly improve food security (33%), for example, through income generation. Sectoral links established in the context of nutrition-sensitive approaches to fisheries and aquaculture were less common (5%). Almost one third (29%) of instruments supported the connection between aquatic foods and food security and nutrition across three or more different contexts relevant to food security or food systems, while 12% indicated a very high level of commitment. We recommend some key attributes for future policy development to help build coherence between sectors and to help frame coherent food system-based policies.

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Recognize fish as food in policy discourse and development funding

Cited by 97 publications

References 31 publications

Food for all: designing sustainable and secure future seafood systems

Food for all: designing sustainable and secure future seafood systems

Fish Acquisition and Consumption in the African Great Lakes Region through a Food Environment Lens: A Scoping Review

Identifying Policy Best-Practices to Support the Contribution of Aquatic Foods to Food and Nutrition Security

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