Viana, Daniel F. and Zamborain‑Mason, Jessica and Gaines, Steven D. and Schmidhuber, Josef and Golden, Christopher D. (2023) Nutrient supply from marine small‑scale fisheries. Scientific Reports, 13. pp. 1-9. ISSN 2045-2322
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Over 2 billion people are unable to access safe, nutritious and sufcient food year-round. While global fsheries are considered key in providing essential nutrients to hundreds of millions of people around the globe, the specifc contribution of small-scale fsheries to the nutrient supply given other available food supplies is unknown. Here, we combined multiple global databases to quantify the importance of marine small-scale fsheries to national-level nutrient supply of coastal populations. We found that, on average across assessed nutrients (iron, zinc, calcium, DHA+EPA and vitamins A and B12), smallscale fsheries contributed about 32% of overall global seafood nutrient supply, 17% of the nutrient supply from animal-sourced foods and 10% of nutrient supply from all foods. These global averages, however, underrepresent some key roles of ocean-based foods. Combining nutrient supply estimates with global estimates of inadequate nutrient intake, we found that about half of coastal countries that have a mean inadequate intake of at least 50% across assessed nutrients (iron, zinc, calcium, DHA + EPA and vitamins A and B12) rely on small scale fsheries for at least 15% of mean nutrient supply, and many rely on small scale fsheries for more than 30% of mean nutrient supply. Catch from small-scale fsheries is particularly important for the supply of vitamin B12, calcium and DHA+EPA, representing up to 100% of supply in selected countries. Our study demonstrates the signifcance of small-scale fsheries for nutritionally vulnerable coastal populations, emphasizing how efective fsheries management can contribute to public health
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Nutrition, Small-scale Fisheries, Food Safety, Poverty, Seafood, Health, Fisheries Management, Mariculture, Caribbean, Fiji, Bangladesh, Mozambique, Coastal Community |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Vivek D ICSF |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Nov 2023 05:13 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Nov 2023 05:13 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/19874 |
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