Title
Seafood in Food Security: A Call for Bridging the Terrestrial-Aquatic Divide
Authors
Stacia Stetkiewicz, University of Stirling
Rachel A. Norman, University of Stirling
Edward Hugh Allison, University of Washington
Neil L. Andrew, Faculty of Business and Law
Gulshan Ara, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh
Gill Banner-Stevens, Monterey Bay Aquarium
Ben Belton, WorldFish
Malcolm Beveridge, Independent Researcher
Jessica R. Bogard, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
Simon R. Bush, Wageningen University & Research
Pete Coffee, University of Stirling
Margaret Crumlish, University of Stirling
Peter Edwards, Asian Institute of Technology Thailand
Mahmoud Eltholth, University of Stirling
Lynne Falconer, University of Stirling
Joao G. Ferreira, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Angus Garrett, Sea Fish Industry Authority
Iain Gatward, Imani Development
Faruk U. Islam, Practical Action
Alexander M. Kaminski, University of Stirling
Marian Kjellevold, Havforskningsinstituttet
Froukje Kruijssen, Royal Tropical Institute - KIT
William Leschen, University of Stirling
Abdullah Al Mamun, Noakhali Science and Technology University
Bruce McAdam, University of Stirling
Richard Newton, University of Stirling
Birgitte Krogh-Poulsen, Poulsen Consulting
Alexandra Pounds, University of Stirling
Belinda Richardson, Bill Melinda Gates Foundation
Nanna Roos, Københavns Universitet
Publication Name
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Abstract
The contribution of seafood to global food security is being increasingly highlighted in policy. However, the extent to which such claims are supported in the current food security literature is unclear. This review assesses the extent to which seafood is represented in the recent food security literature, both individually and from a food systems perspective, in combination with terrestrially-based production systems. The results demonstrate that seafood remains under-researched compared to the role of terrestrial animal and plant production in food security. Furthermore, seafood and terrestrial production remain siloed, with very few papers addressing the combined contribution or relations between terrestrial and aquatic systems. We conclude that far more attention is needed to the specific and relative role of seafood in global food security and call for the integration of seafood in a wider interdisciplinary approach to global food system research.
Open Access Status
This publication may be available as open access
Funding Sponsor
Scientific Systems Company, Incorporated
