Aquaculture Management and Business Competitiveness: Towards a Sustainable Development of Aquaculture Production, Value Chains and Markets
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".
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Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing food production sectors, and is called upon to meet the growing global demand for seafood products that fisheries cannot satisfy. In 2018 aquaculture accounted for 46 percent of the total world seafood production, and it is already the first source of fish protein, since it provides 52 percent of fish for human consumption. Nowadays, aquaculture has already demonstrated its crucial role in global food security, with its production growing at 5.3% per year since 2000 (FAO, 2020). However, as this activity intensifies its productions, it must face great economic, social and environmental challenges.
In the context of sustainability, the aquaculture sector has much to contribute to securing the Sustainable Development Goals, since almost all the SDGs are relevant to aquaculture development (FAO, 2020). At the beginning of the industrial development of this sector, most of the research and investment effort was focused on the development of the biological processes and the necessary technologies. Over time, there has been a growing interest in the sustainability of the activity, in its economic, environmental and social dimensions, as well as its governance. In 2007, FAO started the development of an ecosystem approach to aquaculture to improve the management and enhance the socio‐economic impacts of this activities. However, the application of this initiative has received more attention on technico‐ecologico‐biological issues than socio‐economic and institutional ones (Brugere et al. 2020).
The purpose of this Special Issue is to cover a broad spectrum of reviews and original research contributions in the topic of sustainable management of aquaculture, with a particular emphasis on the economic and social dimensions. The scope covered in this issue is not limited to aquaculture economics, competitiveness and management in production, but also includes other topics along the value chain such as fish processing, seafood trade, price integration, supply chain analyses, risk assessment or consumer behaviour, among others. Interdisciplinary works covering environmental and social interactions of aquaculture activities are also in the scope of this special issue.
This special issue aims to be useful to aquaculture producers and companies to improve the competitiveness and sustainability of their activity and thus improve their well-being. It also aims to provide a snapshot of the current state of knowledge and the latest advances and practices in this area to policy makers and other stakeholders to promote the governance and sustainability of aquaculture.
Brugère, C., Aguilar‐Manjarrez, J., Beveridge, M. C., & Soto, D. (2019). The ecosystem approach to aquaculture 10 years on–a critical review and consideration of its future role in blue growth. Reviews in Aquaculture, 11(3), 493-514.
FAO. 2020. The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020. Sustainability in action. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/ca9229en
Dr. Ignacio Llorente
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- aquaculture economics and management
- bioeconomics
- business competitiveness
- consumer behavior
- environmental economics
- seafood markets and trade
- policy analysis
- seafood value chains
- social impact
- sustainable aquaculture
