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Aquaculture has great promise in many ways. A quick run through the UN Sustainable Development Goals shows an impressive list of areas in which aquaculture can offer ways to meet these targets.Some of these opportunities are particularly relevant for emerging economies throughout the world, and I’d like to consider two regions, Africa and South and Southeast Asia. Compared to western markets where the seafood is a discretionary, often luxury purchase, fish in much of Africa and Asia is a staple food for communities and an essential provider of employment and wages in rural and coastal...

There is no need to overstate it, aquaculture has been the world’s fastest-growing food production sector for decades, and it will remain so for at least the next two decades. During the last two decades, aquaculture has evolved from a relatively minor role to play a mainstream part in the global food system. Freshwater fish such as carps, tilapias, and catfishes have the lion’s share in global fish production, predominantly originating from smallholders. Freshwater fish contribute more than any other aquaculture sub-sector to the total volume, rural livelihoods, and food and nutrition...