The rising demand for fish is increasing the need for innovation and for sustainable aquaculture. The clock is now ticking. Billions of people around the world do not have enough to eat and the number of undernourished people is on the rise. With the global population likely to reach 10 billion people by 2050, food security is a huge challenge that is engaging hundreds of millions of farmers, fishers, food processors, technical experts as well as political leaders in all countries.
There is no doubt that products from aquaculture and fisheries can play a vital role in not only contributing to healthier diets, but also meeting the nutrition and food security needs of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people. We are already witnessing dramatic change, according to Matthias Halwart, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s Chair of the Global Conference on Aquaculture Millennium +20.
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