Harnessing the diversity of small-scale actors is key to the future of aquatic food systems

Autores

Rebecca E. Short, Stefan Gelcich, David C. Little, Fiorenza Micheli, Edward H. Allison, Xavier Basurto, Ben Belton, Cecile Brugere, Simon R. Bush, Ling Cao, Beatrice Crona, Philippa J. Cohen, Omar Defeo, Peter Edwards, Caroline E. Ferguson, Nicole Franz, Christopher D. Golden, Benjamin S. Halpern, Lucie Hazen, Christina Hicks, Derek Johnson, Alexander M. Kaminski, Sangeeta Mangubhai, Rosamond L. Naylor, Melba Reantaso, U. Rashid Sumaila, Shakuntala H. Thilsted, Michelle Tigchelaar, Colette C. C. Wabnitz & Wenbo Zhang

Publicado en

Nature Food v. 2:733–741 (2021)

Año de publicación

2021

Afiliaciones

  1. Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
  2. Instituto Milenio en Socio-ecologia Costera & Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
  3. Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.
  4. Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, USA.
  5. Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, USA.
  6. WorldFish, Batu Maung, Malaysia.
  7. Duke University, Beaufort, NC, USA.
  8. Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
  9. Soulfish Research & Consultancy, Stillingfleet, UK.
  10. Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
  11. School of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
  12. Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere, Royal Swedish Academy of Science, Stockholm, Sweden.
  13. ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
  14. Facultad de Ciencias, Montevideo, Uruguay.
  15. School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Khlong Luang, Thailand.
  16. School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
  17. Fisheries Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
  18. Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
  19. National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
  20. Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
  21. Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.
  22. Department of Anthropology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
  23. Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY, USA.
  24. Department of Earth System Science and Center on Food Security and the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
  25. Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  26. College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, P.R. China.

These authors contributed equally: Rebecca E. Short, Stefan Gelcich, David C. Little, Fiorenza Micheli.

Programa

Builders Initiative, the MAVA Foundation, the Oak Foundation and the Walton Family Foundation, and has benefited from the intellectual input of the wider group of scientists leading other components of the BFA.
CGIAR Research Program (CRP) on Fish Agri Food Systems (FISH), led by WorldFish and contributing to the WorldFish 2030 Research and Innovation Strategy: Aquatic Foods for Healthy People and Planet and the One CGIAR. The programme is supported by contributors to the CGIAR Trust Fund.
ANID-Iniciativa Cientifica Milenio ICN2019_015, ANID-PIA/Basal FB 0002 (for S.G.)
the GAIN project has received funding from the European Union&rsquos Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 773330 (for D.C.L.)
National Science Foundation DEB121244 and BioOce 1736830 (for F.M.)
the Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Program, Earthlab, University of Washington (for E.H.A.)
the Erling-Persson Family Foundation (for B.C.)
the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (for O.D.)
the National Science Foundation (CNH 1826668) and the John and Katie Hansen Family Foundation (for C.D.G.)
the European Research Council (grant number 759457) (for C.H.)
iFISH programme from China Blue Sustainability Institute (for W.Z.).

Proyecto

SGPHW-017

Keywords

climate change policy, sustainability, Social policy, Small-scale fisheries, Aquaculture

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00363-0

Resumen

Small-scale fisheries and aquaculture (SSFA) provide livelihoods for over 100 million people and sustenance for ~1 billion people, particularly in the Global South. Aquatic foods are distributed through diverse supply chains, with the potential to be highly adaptable to stresses and shocks, but face a growing range of threats and adaptive challenges. Contemporary governance assumes homogeneity in SSFA despite the diverse nature of this sector. Here we use SSFA actor profiles to capture the key dimensions and dynamism of SSFA diversity, reviewing contemporary threats and exploring opportunities for the SSFA sector. The heuristic framework can inform adaptive governance actions supporting the diversity and vital roles of SSFA in food systems, and in the health and livelihoods of nutritionally vulnerable people&mdashsupporting their viability through appropriate policies whilst fostering equitable and sustainable food systems.

Archivo de publicación