FAO Aquaculture Newsletter 54 - March 2016
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How and to what extent will fish be able to
contribute to feeding 9 billion people in 2050
and beyond?
Fish significantly contributed to human
food supply and food security and nutrition
(FSN) for more than 660 million fish-workers
and their families. Fish provides more than
4.5 billion consumers with at least 15 percent of
their average per capita intake of animal protein.
Fish is more nutritious than staple foods such as
cereals, providing in particular essential fatty acids
and micronutrients and can play an extremely
important role in improving the nutritional status
of individuals, in particular those at risk such as
children and women. Fish is an efficient converter
of feed into high quality food, and it has a lower
carbon footprint compared to other animal
production systems. Because of all these attributes
- fish should definitely be on the menu. This was
the conclusion of the paper by of Bene et al. 2015
which called for a closer integration of fish into the
overall debate and future policy about FSN.