The Explosive Growth of Global Seafood Production Since 1950 and a Look to the Future
Since 1950, enabling technologies and cheap available energy
sparked an unprecedented boom in the production of wild caught and farmed
seafood. This never before seen capability to extract
and utilize the Earth’s marine and freshwater food resources has elevated seafood
to a unique status. It is now the leading
animal food protein for driving improvements in global human health, economic growth,
food security, and environmental stewardship.
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Since 1950 aquaculture production has increased a hundred fold
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Since 1950 wild capture fisheries production has increased by over 4.5
times
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Since 1950 world seafood production has outpaced world population
growth
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Since 1950 aquaculture has been the world’s fastest growing animal
protein food production system
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Since 1950 world per capita consumption of seafood has more than
quadrupled
Sea Port believes that ongoing advances in technology and
responsible fishery and aquaculture management practices will continue to drive
seafood production increases well into our future just like we have experienced
since 1950.
However, the ultimate determinants for enabling a
sustainable seafood production future may boil down to how well we solve/mitigate
the major manmade negative impacts of global warming, ocean acidification,
marine dead zones/pollution, and the
loss of productive freshwater and marine coastal habitats.
Going forward, Sea Port is confident that the world will
boldly confront these major emerging critical determinants of sustainable
seafood production. Sustainable global seafood production has truly become the world’s
“poster child” for advancing the environmental stewardship of our precious Blue
Planet. Sea Port looks forward to a very
bright seafood production future that will continue to improve the state of
wellbeing of our growing world population.
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