The lack of policy support for small-scale fisheries and aquaculture is undermining food security for millions, say researchers with the Blue Food Assessment.
Professor Simon Bush is one of 30 authors who call for action and a better understanding of the diversity, roles and resilience of the small-scale fisheries and aquaculture (SSFA) sector.
The study describes the many actors in the sector. Stefan Gelcich, co-lead author Stefan Gelcich, director of the Costal Social-Ecological Millennium Institute (SECOS), Pontifical Catholic University of Chile explains: “The study highlights the diversity of small-scale blue foods producers, which range from state-of the art processing plants with imported equipment supplying clams to Uruguayan restaurants, to homemade reed baskets used by local traders in Zambia.”
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