The paper highlights some of the challenges facing seafood systems, around the world and in the UK — from the negative environmental impacts of production to the socio-economic repercussions of the global seafood trade. [...] A key question this paper addresses is: if seafood were to play a greater role in the UK food system, what would the implications be for the industries, communities and environments that underpin seafood production, trade and consumption — both at home and abroad? We export most of the seafood we catch in the UK and harvest and import most of the seafood we eat. [...] But it is important to look at after the UK left the EU, as well as low water quality in such trends within the context of the wider food system, the UK, and are currently produced in very low volumes and the connections between seafood and the broader (ibid). [...] come from and how will it be produced? The government’s response to the review, in the form of the Government Food Strategy (which applies only In this section, we look at the visions for seafood to England), has been criticised for being weak and put forward in public and industry policies, and disjointed, but does at least include both the agri-food the recommendations made by researchers and an. [...] The strategies tend to emphasise the value of seafood Through the UK Seafood Fund, the UK Government within the broader food and drink sector but are similarly has committed £24 million to the Seafood Innovation concerned with how profitability and sustainability Fund (SIF) and to funding Fisheries Industry Science can be managed in the future.
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