Prospects of Low Trophic Marine Aquaculture Contributing to Food Security in a Net Zero-Carbon WorldShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, E-ISSN 2571-581X, Vol. 6, article id 875509Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
To limit compromising the integrity of the planet, a shift is needed towards food production with low environmental impacts and low carbon footprint. How to put such transformative change towards sustainable food production whilst ensuring food security into practice remains a challenge and will require transdisciplinary approaches. Combining expertise from natural- and social sciences as well as industry perspectives, an alternative vision for the future in the marine realm is proposed. This vision includes moving towards aquaculture mainly of low trophic marine (LTM) species. Such shift may enable a blue transformation that can support a sustainable blue economy. It includes a whole new perspective and proactive development of policy-making which considers, among others, the context-specific nature of allocation of marine space and societal acceptance of new developments, over and above the decarbonization of food production, vis á vis reducing regulatory barriers for the industry for LTM whilst acknowledging the complexities of upscaling and outscaling. This needs to be supported by transdisciplinary research co-produced with consumers and wider public, as a blue transformation towards accelerating LTM aquaculture opportunities in a net zero-carbon world can only occur by considering the demands of society. Copyright © 2022 Krause, Le Vay, Buck, Costa-Pierce, Dewhurst, Heasman, Nevejan, Nielsen, Nielsen, Park, Schupp, Thomas, Troell, Webb, Wrange, Ziegler and Strand.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Frontiers Media S.A. , 2022. Vol. 6, article id 875509
Keywords [en]
blue transformation, food security, marine aquaculture, narrative, private sector, transdisciplinarity, zero-carbon
National Category
Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-60021DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2022.875509Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85132183350OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-60021DiVA, id: diva2:1701258
Note
Funding details: c81364; Funding details: Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, H2020; Funding details: Llywodraeth Cymru; Funding details: University of New England, UNE; Funding details: Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, AWI; Funding details: Göteborgs Universitet; Funding details: Horizon 2020, 818173; Funding details: European Regional Development Fund, ERDF; Funding text 1: The industry perspectives presented in this perspective piece is based on the outcomes from an industry-oriented workshop “State of the Art and Future Development of Low Trophic Level Species Culture in High Energy Environments”, hosted by IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, University of Gothenburg, University of New England, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Cawthron Institute and the H2020 consortium AquaVitae at the Kristineberg Center, Sweden, with 31 participants from 11 nations on October 16th−18th 2019. We would like to acknowledge the importance of the information extracted from, and by, the participants at the workshop.; Funding text 2: We would like to thank the KVA fund for internationalization and scientific renewal at the Sven Lovén Centre, the foundation Karin and Herbert Jacobsson, and the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 818173 for financial support for hosting this workshop and preparing this publication. LLV and JW were supported by the Shellfish Centre (Grant Agreement c81364) part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund Operational Programme through the Welsh Government.
2022-10-052022-10-052023-05-17Bibliographically approved