Investigating Global Aquatic Food Loss and Waste 2 April 2024 Investigating Global Aquatic Food Loss and Waste Foreword Tom Pickerel Alfredo Giron Global Director, Head, Ocean Action Agenda, Ocean Program, World Economic Forum World Resources Institute Aquatic food plays a critical role in global food This work delves into specific loss and waste and nutrition security, and loss and waste of this. [...] Investigating Global Aquatic Food Loss and Waste 4 1 Aquatic food loss and waste: the challenge The rising demand for aquatic food underscores the international concern about aquatic food loss and waste and the need for mitigation efforts. [...] Reducing FLW is essential to improving the Variations in FLW between global regions are sustainability of global food systems and the overall known to be linked to differences in income levels, well-being of the planet, economy and livelihoods.13,14,15 urbanization and economic growth.20 This makes Target 12.3 of the 2030 Sustainable Development global estimates of aquatic FLW variable and Goals (. [...] Investigating Global Aquatic Food Loss and Waste 6 2 Drivers of loss and waste along the value chain Aquatic food loss and waste spans diverse nodes along the value chain, offering unique challenges and opportunities for mitigation. [...] Investigating Global Aquatic Food Loss and Waste 8 2.2 At-sea fish processing For the aquatic species that make it onboard and The primary reasons to process at sea are to help are not discarded, processing these fish is often the extend shelf life45 and to efficiently prepare the next form of loss in the aquatic foods value chain.
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