From Sea to Plate: The Role of Fish in a Sustainable Diet

Seto, Katherine; Fiorella, Kathryn J.

doi:10.3389/fmars.2017.00074

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“…Finally, threats to the availability of small species are looming. Small species are most often targeted for fishmeal and fish oil for use in aquaculture and pet food industries, which may impact their accessibility in the future (46) . The expansion of aquaculture has the potential to affect the way small indigenous species are used, their prices and their habitats.…”

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Fish nutrient composition: a review of global data from poorly assessed inland and marine species

Byrd

Thilsted

Fiorella

2020

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective:Our understanding of the nutrient contribution of fish and other aquatic species to human diets relies on nutrient composition data for a limited number of species. Yet particularly for nutritionally vulnerable aquatic food consumers, consumption includes a wide diversity of species whose nutrient composition data are disparate, poorly compiled or unknown.Design:To address the gap in understanding fish and other aquatic species’ nutrient composition data, we reviewed the literature with an emphasis on species of fish that are under-represented in global databases. We reviewed 164 articles containing 1370 entries of all available nutrient composition data (e.g. macronutrients, micronutrients and fatty acids) and heavy metals (e.g. Pb and Hg) for 515 species, including both inland and marine species of fish, as well as other aquatic species (e.g. crustaceans, molluscs, etc.) when those species were returned by our searches.Results:We highlight aquatic species that are particularly high in nutrients of global importance, including Fe, Zn, Ca, vitamin A and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), and demonstrate that, in many cases, a serving can fill critical nutrient needs for pregnant and lactating women and young children.Conclusions:By collating the available nutrient composition data on species of fish and other aquatic species, we provide a resource for fisheries and nutrition researchers, experts and practitioners to better understand these critical species and include them in fishery management as well as food-based programmes and policies.

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Fish nutrient composition: a review of global data from poorly assessed inland and marine species

Byrd

Thilsted

Fiorella

2020

Public Health Nutr.

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“…Nonetheless, visions of the transformation of food systems to meet nutrition and sustainability goals have yet to fully consider the opportunities of aquatic foods and the role of fisheries and aquaculture (Bennett et al, 2021;Halpern et al, 2019;Seto & Fiorella, 2017).…”

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Nudging fisheries and aquaculture research towards food systems

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Food system is a powerful concept for understanding and responding to nutrition and sustainability challenges. Food systems integrate social, economic, environmental and health aspects of food production through to consumption. Aquatic foods are an essential part of food systems providing an accessible source of nutrition for millions of people. Yet, it is unclear to what degree research across diverse disciplines concerning aquatic foods has engaged food systems, and the value this concept has added. We conducted a systematic review of fisheries, aquaculture and aquatic food literature (2017-2019) to determine the following: the characteristics of this research; the food systems components and interrelations with which research engaged; and the insights generated on nutrition, justice, sustainability and climate change. Sixty five of the 88 reviewed articles focussed on production and supply chains, with 23 considering human nutrition. Only 13% of studies examined low-and middle-income countries that are most vulnerable to undernutrition. One third of articles looked beyond finfish to other aquatic foods, which illuminated values of local knowledge systems and diverse foods for nutrition. When aggregated, reviewed articles examined the full range of food system drivers-biophysical and environmental (34%), demographic (24%) and socio-cultural (27%)-but rarely examined interactions between drivers. Future research that examines a diversity of species in diets, system-wide flows of nutrients, trade-offs amongst objectives, and the nutritional needs of vulnerable social groups would be nudging closer to the ambitions of the food systems concept, which is necessary to address the global challenges of equity, nutrition and sustainability. | 35 SIMMANCE Et Al. 42 4.2.1 Relationships between food systems components researched 44 4.3. Emerging challenges for food systems 45 4.4. Nudging towards the concept of food systems 46 4.4.1 Consider a broader set of aquatic food types amidst diverse diets 47 4.4.2 Examine system-wide flows of nutrients and tradeoffs amongst objectives 47 4.4.3 Focus on vulnerable and marginalized social groups 47 5. CONCLUSION 48

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“…At the same time, within the food systems literature fi sheries receive relatively little attention as a focus on agriculture and terrestrial-based forms of food production dominates research (Levkoe et al, 2017;Nelson et al, 2013). For example, as Seto & Fiorella (2017) argue, "Resources that originate in our oceans, rivers, and lakes are almost entirely omitted in our conceptions of a sustainable food system." Th ey attribute this to fragmented notions of food resources that fail to see fi sheries and agriculture as interlinked.…”

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Where are the Fish? Using a “Fish as Food” Framework to Explore the Thunder Bay Area Fisheries

Lowitt

Levkoe

Nelson

2019

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Thunder Bay is the largest city in Northwestern Ontario and is located on the northern shore of Lake Superior, the world's largest freshwater lake. While fi shing and fi sh consumption are signifi cant parts of the Thunder Bay area's food systems, the ability to purchase fi sh that are caught and processed in the region is extremely limited. While the lake once had an abundance of commercial fi shing activity, today there are only a handful of commercial fi shers left on the Canadian side and most of the catch is sold in the United States. In recent years, there have been growing efforts among community groups, local entrepreneurs, citizens, and Indigenous communities to enhance the sustainability of local food systems and ensure they can provide accessible, healthy, and culturally-appropriate foods, including fi sh. This article uses a "fi sh as food" framework to explore how policies and governance impact small-scale commercial fi sheries in the Thunder Bay area's food systems. Based on twenty-fi ve interviews with a diverse range of actors involved in fi sheries, as well as a review of policies in the interrelated areas of fi sheries management and food systems, we look at the barriers and potential opportunities for reintegrating small-scale commercial fi sheries into food systems in the Thunder Bay area. Our fi ndings indicate that fi sheries governance is dominated by top-down approaches to resource management, to the detriment of equity, livelihoods, and access to local fi sh for consumption.

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From Sea to Plate: The Role of Fish in a Sustainable Diet

Cited by 16 publications

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Fish nutrient composition: a review of global data from poorly assessed inland and marine species

Fish nutrient composition: a review of global data from poorly assessed inland and marine species

Nudging fisheries and aquaculture research towards food systems

Where are the Fish? Using a “Fish as Food” Framework to Explore the Thunder Bay Area Fisheries

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