The paper reviews the development of the global aquaculture sector between 1997 and 2017, including trends in feed efficiency and reliance on both marine and land-based feed ingredients, and discusses challenges faced by the sector. Future opportunities identified by the paper for improving food security and environmental performance include mollusc farming and recirculating aquaculture systems.
Ask the author sessions are an intimate space for a detailed discussion about the research and its implications with participants from a range of disciplines and sectors. Each of these sessions has space for up to 25 active participants, who are asked to read the paper beforehand and prepare comments or questions in advance.