The Future of Food from the Sea

This paper considers the status and future trends of food production through fisheries and aquaculture at regional and global scales, the opportunities of ocean-based food in achieving SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), and recommendations for how current barriers might be overcome to transition to more sustainable and abundant food production from the ocean.

‘The Future of Food from the Sea’ launched on 19th November 2019, at the FAO’s International Symposium on Fisheries Sustainability. The event featured Expert Group Co-chair Peter Haugan, lead authors Christopher Costello and Stefan Gelcich, Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Seafood, H.E. Mr. Harald Tom Nesvik, and Assistant Director-General, Arni Mathiesen of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Ocean Panel member President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya published ‘Securing seafood for the future’, on Pana Press (republished by Seafood Source).

Nature also published an adapted version of the Blue Paper ‘The Future of Food from the Sea’.

The World Resources Institute, alongside the U.S. Embassies of Jamaica, Mexico, Norway, and Portugal, as well as Blue Paper authors, hosted ‘The Future of the Ocean’, the U.S. release of the food and climate Blue Papers on 16th January 2020.