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Most of the places I work with aquaculture are in developing countries with severely depressed economies and monthly income for workers around $35-50.  Aquaculture provides not only jobs and income, but also is often a main source of non-vegetable protein.  Quite often we have two categories of species being reared, those for income generation from export or sales to high-end markets, and the second species reared for sale or use in the local markets.  So I do think that aquaculture can and does play an important role in reducing the hunger of low income populations.

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From: "Dan Desmond" <djdesmond@ucdavis.edu>
To: "'Peter A. Nelson'" <panelson@ucdavis.edu>, "'Seafood HACCP Discussion List'" <seafood@ucdavis.edu>
CC: <susan@susan-roberts.net>, "'James I. Grieshop'" <jigrieshop@ucdavis.edu>, "'Rose Hayden-Smith'" <rmhaydensmith@ucdavis.edu>
Subject: RE:
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:50:58 -0700

Pete,

            This is an interesting statistic. Any idea how that figure compares with fish consumed in California and the US?

Do you think aquaculture is a practical strategy to address hunger with low income populations? We looked at some home based Tilapia farms in Hawaii but I really wasn’t sure how successful they were. Would such operations be possible in a school or community garden as a food source and/or educational tool to teach about fish in the food cycle?

Dan

Daniel Desmond

UCCE Advisor Emeritus

Food & Society Policy Fellow

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From: owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu] On Behalf Of Peter A. Nelson
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 2:56 PM
To: Seafood HACCP Discussion List
Subject:

 

Here's a new report from the FAO Sub-Committee on Aquaculture:

 

http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000383/index.html

 

"Nearly half the fish consumed as food worldwide are

raised on fish farms rather than caught in the wild, says a new report

from FAO."

 

 

Cheers, Pete

 

 

Peter A. Nelson, Ph.D.

Marine Advisor

California Sea Grant

2 Commercial Street, Suite 4

Eureka, California 95501

 

Adjunct Professor

Dept Fish. Biol., Humboldt State University

 

Tel 707.443.8369

Fax 707.445.3901

panelson@ucdavis.edu