Assess socio-economic information to support and incentivise a change to secure the long-term sustainability of seafood exploitation whilst reducing the environmental impact of exploitation
Background
The UK’s ambition is for sustainable growth and to manage the impact of COVID-19 on the wider marine economy.
Next steps
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Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
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Related UKRI funded projects
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Sustainable Aquatic Food Supply Knowledge Exchange Fellowship
Global consumption of fish has hit a record high, with fisheries and aquaculture supplying the world with about 145m tonnes in 2009. At the same time, about 32% of global fish stocks were overexploited, depleted or recov...
Funded by: NERC
Why might this be relevant?
The project addresses the need for an exchange of information to ensure a continuing, and environmentally sustainable supply of seafood.
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The sustainability indicator framework to communicate responsible aquafood production and consumption patterns (VeriFish)
Citizens’ decisions are central to living within the limits of our planet. Purchasing choices can drive change at retail and raw commodity levels but the complexity of fish and seafood food chains, health benefits and ri...
Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on providing a sustainability indicator framework for aquafood production and consumption, aligning with the goal of supporting and incentivizing a change towards long-term sustainability of seafood exploitation.
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15AGRITECHCAT4: Lobster Grower 2 - Assessing the technical, economic and environmental potential for a novel candidate aquaculture industry.
This project focuses on developing three priority areas for commercial lobster aquaculture: 1) field testing and development of innovative technical solutions, 2) development of an Aqua-economic model and: 3) de risking ...
Funded by: BBSRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on developing three priority areas for commercial lobster aquaculture, which is related to seafood exploitation and reducing environmental impact.