Food security has been persistently recognized in global discourse as one of the world’s main challenges. While some progress has been made towards ensuring access to safe, nutritious, and sufficient food for all people all year round (SDG Target 2.1) or eradicating all forms of malnutrition (SDG Target 2.2), over 800 million people are estimated to suffer from chronic hunger. With outputs from capture fisheries stagnating over the past few decades, aquaculture holds the potential to play crucial roles in achieving food security, but its importance for food security and nutrition has often been undervalued, and concerns exist regarding its environmental footprint. The rapid expansion of aquaculture has consequences relating to environmental sustainability, but aquaculture nonetheless holds the potential to significantly contribute to human food security.The goal of this collection is to highlight the contribution of aquaculture to food security through the development of sound and sustainable production practices. The focus will include all three pillars of sustainability: environmental sustainability (production technologies that optimize fish production and/or minimize significant environmental disruptions or impacts), economic sustainability (value chain analyses, market access for fish products, policy analysis), and social and community sustainability (socially-responsible aquaculture practices contributing to food security and well-being).The collection will publish original research papers and review articles that highlight the role of aquaculture in food security, livelihoods, and environmental management. Submissions of industry-focused papers on product developments or system innovations are also encouraged. Submissions are welcome in the following specific areas:• Fish nutrition strategies• Fish breeding, strain improvement, and genetics• Fish health management: Disease detection, management and prevention, and fish welfare • Aquaculture species and system diversification• Fish processing and distribution and marketing• Fish and human nutrition
Food security has been persistently recognized in global discourse as one of the world’s main challenges. While some progress has been made towards ensuring access to safe, nutritious, and sufficient food for all people all year round (SDG Target 2.1) or eradicating all forms of malnutrition (SDG Target 2.2), over 800 million people are estimated to suffer from chronic hunger. With outputs from capture fisheries stagnating over the past few decades, aquaculture holds the potential to play crucial roles in achieving food security, but its importance for food security and nutrition has often been undervalued, and concerns exist regarding its environmental footprint. The rapid expansion of aquaculture has consequences relating to environmental sustainability, but aquaculture nonetheless holds the potential to significantly contribute to human food security.The goal of this collection is to highlight the contribution of aquaculture to food security through the development of sound and sustainable production practices. The focus will include all three pillars of sustainability: environmental sustainability (production technologies that optimize fish production and/or minimize significant environmental disruptions or impacts), economic sustainability (value chain analyses, market access for fish products, policy analysis), and social and community sustainability (socially-responsible aquaculture practices contributing to food security and well-being).The collection will publish original research papers and review articles that highlight the role of aquaculture in food security, livelihoods, and environmental management. Submissions of industry-focused papers on product developments or system innovations are also encouraged. Submissions are welcome in the following specific areas:• Fish nutrition strategies• Fish breeding, strain improvement, and genetics• Fish health management: Disease detection, management and prevention, and fish welfare • Aquaculture species and system diversification• Fish processing and distribution and marketing• Fish and human nutrition