Contributing to global sustainable development: Should priority be given to the seafood sector?

It is estimated that 730 million people in the world will be undernourished by 2023. The number continues to rise. Food production facilities are under increasing pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Agriculture currently accounts for one-third of all human-caused emissions. Aquaculture is recommended to replace land animals - Photo: SheLovesFish According to some experts, to meet food needs sustainably, we should shift to fish and aquatic food sources. Fish farming has a smaller environmental impact than land animals. For example, raising cows consumes large amounts of clean water, pollutes the soil, and the care process emits CO2. Not only that, fish are also nutritionally equivalent or even more than land animals. The workforce in the aquaculture sector is currently much smaller than that of land animals, but produces more than half of the omega-3 fatty acids that are very good for women, used by 987 million people. Oysters and mussels, which require only fresh water ...