Environmental, economic, and social sustainability in aquaculture: the aquaculture performance indicators

Taryn M. Garlock; Frank Asche; James L. Anderson; Håkan Eggert; Thomas M. Anderson; Bin Che; Carlos A. Chávez; Jingjie Chu; Nnaemeka Chukwuone; Madan M. Dey; Kevin Fitzsimmons; Jimely Flores; Jordi Guillen; Ganesh Kumar; Lijun Liu; Ignacio Llorente; Ly Nguyen; Rasmus Nielsen; Ruth B.M. Pincinato; Pratheesh O. Sudhakaran; Byela Tibesigwa; Ragnar Tveteras

doi:10.1038/s41467-024-49556-8

Environmental, economic, and social sustainability in aquaculture: the aquaculture performance indicators

Taryn M. Garlock, Frank Asche, James L. Anderson, Håkan Eggert, Thomas M. Anderson, Bin Che, Carlos A. Chávez, Jingjie Chu, Nnaemeka Chukwuone, Madan M. Dey, Kevin Fitzsimmons, Jimely Flores, Jordi Guillen, Ganesh Kumar, Lijun Liu, Ignacio Llorente, Ly Nguyen, Rasmus Nielsen, Ruth B.M. Pincinato, Pratheesh O. SudhakaranByela Tibesigwa, Ragnar Tveteras

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Aquaculture is a rapidly growing food production technology, but there are significant concerns related to its environmental impact and adverse social effects. We examine aquaculture outcomes in a three pillars of sustainability framework by analyzing data collected using the Aquaculture Performance Indicators. Using this approach, comparable data has been collected for 57 aquaculture systems worldwide on 88 metrics that measure social, economic, or environmental outcomes. We first examine the relationships among the three pillars of sustainability and then analyze performance in the three pillars by technology and species. The results show that economic, social, and environmental outcomes are, on average, mutually reinforced in global aquaculture systems. However, the analysis also shows significant variation in the degree of sustainability in different aquaculture systems, and weak performance of some production systems in some dimensions provides opportunity for innovative policy measures and investment to further align sustainability objectives.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	5274
Journal	Nature communications
Volume	15
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49556-8
State	Published - Dec 2024

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Physics and Astronomy

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Garlock, T. M., Asche, F., Anderson, J. L., Eggert, H., Anderson, T. M., Che, B., Chávez, C. A., Chu, J., Chukwuone, N., Dey, M. M., Fitzsimmons, K., Flores, J., Guillen, J., Kumar, G., Liu, L., Llorente, I., Nguyen, L., Nielsen, R., Pincinato, R. B. M., ... Tveteras, R. (2024). Environmental, economic, and social sustainability in aquaculture: the aquaculture performance indicators. Nature communications, 15(1), Article 5274. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49556-8

Garlock, TM, Asche, F, Anderson, JL, Eggert, H, Anderson, TM, Che, B, Chávez, CA, Chu, J, Chukwuone, N, Dey, MM, Fitzsimmons, K, Flores, J, Guillen, J, Kumar, G, Liu, L, Llorente, I, Nguyen, L, Nielsen, R, Pincinato, RBM, Sudhakaran, PO, Tibesigwa, B & Tveteras, R 2024, 'Environmental, economic, and social sustainability in aquaculture: the aquaculture performance indicators', Nature communications, vol. 15, no. 1, 5274. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49556-8

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