Aquaculture

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Aquaculture, the farming of fish and other aquatic organisms, can play an important role in global food security and environmental sustainability. It provides a reliable source of nutritious food and can replace demand for wild-caught fish, thereby helping these stocks and their habitats to recover from damaging fishery practices. However, these benefits depend on aquaculture being carried out sustainably and responsibly to minimise negative impacts on the environment and animal welfare.

 

Aquaculture can also provide employment of many sorts and motivating or subsidising conservation activities. An example of good practice was aquaculture on farmland in Sweden that increased local wildlife and reduced run-off of nutrients from agriculture. If you know good examples of communities developing conservation benefits from aquaculture in your country, please ‘Contact Us’ about it.