Fish plays an important food security role in many societies, but many wild fish stocks already have been overfished. Since 2013, global aquaculture production has exceeded total capture in fishing. But becoming a fishfarmer is not easy for fishermen, for example as investment on a very much grander scale is necessary. How can a sustainable transition from capture fishery to aquaculture succeed?
food4future project leader Prof. Achim Schlüter (Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, ZMT) gives insights on these quesions in an article on the Research in Germany Website.
