Global Aquaculture Alliance — The Advocate
Perhaps the biggest barrier to aquaculture’s growth and development in the United States is public perception. There’s a lack of trust. And at the root of that is education.
Investigadores con sede en California instan a la industria acuícola global a tomar medidas proactivas para proteger la seguridad alimentaria mundial frente al cambio climático.
Researchers based in California are urging the global aquaculture industry to take proactive measures to protect global food security in the face of climate change.
Centrado en las implicaciones del uso de la tierra en la producción de carne terrestre, el estudio concluyó que la acuacultura puede satisfacer las demandas de proteínas de una población mundial en crecimiento sin aumentar la presión sobre la tierra
Focused on land-use implications of terrestrial meat production, the study concluded that aquaculture can meet the protein demands of a growing global population without adding strain on arable land, water or our other natural resources.
Ocean "hot spots," UCSB researchers have determined, provide enough space to produce 15 billion metric tons of finfish annually, more than 100 times the current global seafood consumption.
Agriculture and fisheries have long been aligned with conservation objectives. A newly formed group, CART, aims to do the same for aquaculture.
Researchers have determined that a definition of “offshore aquaculture” was necessary to critically assess the impacts and benefits of moving fish farming operations “slightly farther and slightly deeper” out to sea.
Open-ocean aquaculture, the “new kid on the block” in the rapidly growing aquaculture industry, was examined at a California Academy of Sciences event. New contributor Twilight Greenaway reports.
A study led by University of California Santa Barbara researchers has found that public sentiment toward aquaculture improves over time, a potentially important development with growing interest in offshore aquaculture.