Go Blue! Seafood Sustainability

Attention Young Career Seekers:  The Seafood Industry offers attractive long term job prospects

Choosing a career path today can be a daunting endeavor given the high unemployment, the offshoring of jobs, and the advancement of technology that can cause both the birth and death of businesses in an increasingly rapid fashion.  Young career seekers, however, should consider the seafood industry as it offers the prospects of job security, emotional rewards, and exciting technological developments.

One constant is that we will always have to eat and this fact makes food industry employment a relatively stable long term  career path.  Seafood consumption is growing rapidly on a global basis and it is primarily aquaculture that is meeting this increasing demand.  

By the year 2050 our world population is estimated to reach 9 billion and this will create an unprecedented demand for all types of foods.  To meet this demand the United Nations estimates that annual food production will need to nearly double.

With 9 billion of us coming in 2050, there are both current and long term opportunities awaiting young career seekers in the seafood industry.  These opportunities encompass jobs in wild caught and farmed seafood production, processing, quality control, storage, distribution, marketing, retailing/wholesaling, financing/banking, accounting, government, law, lobbying, sustainability, scientific research, importing, exporting, and many other ancillary services.

Seafood is currently the leading animal protein of choice for advancing human health and its farmed production is growing faster than any other food production system in the world. An influx of new young talent into the seafood industry is crucial for the industry to move forward as it strives to responsibly sustain the future health of humans and the Earth’s productive aquatic resources. 

Please add your comments and perspectives concerning the present and future career opportunities for young job seekers in the seafood industry.

Sincerely, Dave