JOURNAL ARTICLES & WHITE PAPERS
Refuting Marine Aquaculture Myths, Unfounded Criticisms and Assumptions
By National Aquaculture Association: A variety of tenacious myths critical of marine aquaculture practiced in the United States have persisted for decades 2 to be presented as facts to the public and Congress. 3 The reality is U.S. fish and shellfish farmers culture...
Marine Aquaculture as a Tool for Climate Mitigation
Prepared by Kat Montgomery on behalf of Stronger America Through Seafood This report explores the climate impacts of marine aquaculture against this backdrop of climate mitigation as a global and domestic priority. It is based on a series of interviews with scientists...
Complete replacement of fish oil and fish meal in the diet of juvenile California yellowtail…
By Kevin R. Stuart, Frederic T. Barrows, Constance Silbernagel, Kelly Alfrey, David Rotstein, and Mark A. Drawbridge: "California yellowtail (CYT) Seriola dorsalis is a top candidate for aquaculture in southern California. CYT is fed commercial diets whose nutrient...
The future of food from the sea
By Costello, C., Cao, L., Gelcich, S. et al.: "Global food demand is rising, and serious questions remain about whether supply can increase sustainably. Land-based expansion is possible but may exacerbate climate change and biodiversity loss, and compromise the...
Global adoption of novel aquaculture feeds could substantially reduce forage fish demand by 2030
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-020-0078-x
Environmental impacts of brass mesh nets on open ocean aquaculture pens in tropical marine environments
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0044848620303161
Offshore aquaculture in the United States: Untapped potential in need of smart policy
By Sarah E. Lester, Rebecca R. Gentry, Carrie V. Kappel, Crow White, and Steven D. Gaines: "The United States had a $14 billion seafood trade deficit in 2016, importing more than 2.5 million tons of edible fishery products, 90% of the value of the seafood Americans...
Comparative terrestrial feed and land use of an aquaculture-dominant world
By Halley E. Froehlich, Claire A. Runge, Rebecca R. Gentry, Steven D. Gaines, and Benjamin S. Halpern: "Studies are revealing the potential benefits of shifting human diets away from meat and toward other protein sources, including seafood. The majority of seafood is...
The environmental cost of animal source foods
https://ecsga.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Environmental_Impacts_Foods.pdf
The growth of finfish in global open-ocean aquaculture under climate change
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.2017.0834