Managing fisheries for maximum nutrient yield

Wild-caught fish are a bioavailable source of nutritious food that, if managed strategically, could enhance diet quality for billions of people. However, optimising nutrient production from the sea has not been a priority, hindering development of nutrition-sensitive policies. With fisheries managem...

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Autores principales: Robinson, James, Nash, Kirsty L., Blanchard, Julia, Maire, Eva, Graham, Nicholas A.J., MacNeil, M, Zamborain-Mason, Jessica, Allison, Edward H., Hicks, Christina
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126654
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author Robinson, James
Nash, Kirsty L.
Blanchard, Julia
Maire, Eva
Graham, Nicholas A.J.
MacNeil, M
Zamborain-Mason, Jessica
Allison, Edward H.
Hicks, Christina
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Blanchard, Julia
Graham, Nicholas A.J.
Hicks, Christina
MacNeil, M
Maire, Eva
Nash, Kirsty L.
Robinson, James
Zamborain-Mason, Jessica
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Nash, Kirsty L.
Blanchard, Julia
Maire, Eva
Graham, Nicholas A.J.
MacNeil, M
Zamborain-Mason, Jessica
Allison, Edward H.
Hicks, Christina
author_sort Robinson, James
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description Wild-caught fish are a bioavailable source of nutritious food that, if managed strategically, could enhance diet quality for billions of people. However, optimising nutrient production from the sea has not been a priority, hindering development of nutrition-sensitive policies. With fisheries management increasingly effective at rebuilding stocks and regulating sustainable fishing, we can now begin to integrate nutritional outcomes within existing management frameworks. Here, we develop a conceptual foundation for managing fisheries for multispecies Maximum Nutrient Yield (mMNY). We empirically test our approach using size-based models of North Sea and Baltic Sea fisheries and show that mMNY is predicted by the relative contribution of nutritious species to total catch and their vulnerability to fishing, leading to trade-offs between catch and specific nutrients. Simulated nutrient yield curves suggest that vitamin D, which is deficient in Northern European diets, was underfished at fishing levels that returned maximum catch weights. Analysis of global catch data shows there is scope for nutrient yields from most of the world's marine fisheries to be enhanced through nutrient-sensitive fisheries management. With nutrient composition data now widely available, we expect our mMNY framework to motivate development of nutrient-based reference points in specific contexts, such as data-limited fisheries. Managing for mMNY alongside policies that promote access to fish could help close nutrient gaps for coastal populations, maximising the contribution of wild-caught fish to global food and nutrition security.
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spelling CGSpace1266542025-12-08T09:54:28Z Managing fisheries for maximum nutrient yield Robinson, James Nash, Kirsty L. Blanchard, Julia Maire, Eva Graham, Nicholas A.J. MacNeil, M Zamborain-Mason, Jessica Allison, Edward H. Hicks, Christina food security nutrition sustainable fisheries overfishing fish fisheries management seafood Wild-caught fish are a bioavailable source of nutritious food that, if managed strategically, could enhance diet quality for billions of people. However, optimising nutrient production from the sea has not been a priority, hindering development of nutrition-sensitive policies. With fisheries management increasingly effective at rebuilding stocks and regulating sustainable fishing, we can now begin to integrate nutritional outcomes within existing management frameworks. Here, we develop a conceptual foundation for managing fisheries for multispecies Maximum Nutrient Yield (mMNY). We empirically test our approach using size-based models of North Sea and Baltic Sea fisheries and show that mMNY is predicted by the relative contribution of nutritious species to total catch and their vulnerability to fishing, leading to trade-offs between catch and specific nutrients. Simulated nutrient yield curves suggest that vitamin D, which is deficient in Northern European diets, was underfished at fishing levels that returned maximum catch weights. Analysis of global catch data shows there is scope for nutrient yields from most of the world's marine fisheries to be enhanced through nutrient-sensitive fisheries management. With nutrient composition data now widely available, we expect our mMNY framework to motivate development of nutrient-based reference points in specific contexts, such as data-limited fisheries. Managing for mMNY alongside policies that promote access to fish could help close nutrient gaps for coastal populations, maximising the contribution of wild-caught fish to global food and nutrition security. 2022-07 2023-01-06T09:31:43Z 2023-01-06T09:31:43Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126654 en Open Access application/pdf Wiley James Robinson, Kirsty L. Nash, Julia Blanchard, Eva Maire, Nicholas A. J. Graham, M MacNeil, Jessica Zamborain-Mason, Edward (Eddie) Allison, Christina Hicks. (1/7/2022). Managing fisheries for maximum nutrient yield. Fish and Fisheries, 23 (4), pp. 800-811.
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nutrition
sustainable fisheries
overfishing
fish
fisheries management
seafood
Robinson, James
Nash, Kirsty L.
Blanchard, Julia
Maire, Eva
Graham, Nicholas A.J.
MacNeil, M
Zamborain-Mason, Jessica
Allison, Edward H.
Hicks, Christina
Managing fisheries for maximum nutrient yield
title Managing fisheries for maximum nutrient yield
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title_short Managing fisheries for maximum nutrient yield
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topic food security
nutrition
sustainable fisheries
overfishing
fish
fisheries management
seafood
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126654
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