Consumer Infographic GAA - Global Aquaculture AllianceLOWER GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS than other...

1
AQUACULTURE THE MOST EFFICIENT form of animal protein on the planet. 2 LOWER GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS than other types of farming. DEFINED noun | aqua·cul·ture The cultivation of aquatic organisms (such as fish or shellfish) especially for food. 1 By 2030, nearly two-thirds of all seafood produced for human consumption will come from aquaculture. 4 THE FUTURE OF FISH © 2018 Global Aquaculture Alliance | www.aquaculturealliance.org | ZERO BYCATCH No animals are unintentionally caught or harmed by fishing lines or nets. CO2 Carbon Dioxide Cattle Production 7x Farmed Salmon Production FACT SHEET RESTORATION Everyone from farmers to fish processors to retailers, depend on the aquaculture industry for their livelihoods. 3 Overall, it supports the livlihoods of over 12% of the world’s population. 4 Estimated Feed Required to Gain One Pound of Body Mass 6.8 POUNDS 2.9 POUNDS 1.7 POUNDS 1.1 POUNDS SUPPORTS RURAL COMMUNITIES The aquaculture sector makes a significant socioeconomic contribution in coastal and rural communities where economic opportunity tends to be limited. 5 Aquaculture can be restorative for the environment. For instance, shellfish filter impurities from our water systems, i.e. rivers, lakes, and oceans. 1. Merriam-Webster 2. National Geographic, 3. Waite et al., 4. World Bank, 5. World Bank, 6. World Bank Aquaculture helps bring fresh fish to consumers because the fish are harvestedand frozen right on location (instead of waiting hours offshore like most wild-caught). Aquatic plant farming is practiced in about 50 countries. Kelp removes carbon from the atomosphere and stores it in the depths of the ocean, thus mitigating climate change. 6 PLANT-BASED FARMING FRESHNESS MORE THAN 100 MILLION PEOPLE

Transcript of Consumer Infographic GAA - Global Aquaculture AllianceLOWER GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS than other...

Page 1: Consumer Infographic GAA - Global Aquaculture AllianceLOWER GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS than other types of farming. DEFINED noun | aqua·cul·ture The cultivation of aquatic organisms

AQUACULTURE

THE MOST EFFICIENTform of animal protein on the planet. 2

LOWER GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

than other types of farming.

DEFINEDnoun | aqua·cul·ture

The cultivation of aquatic organisms (such as fish or shellfish) especially for food. 1

By 2030, nearly two-thirds of all seafood produced for human consumption will come

from aquaculture. 4

THE FUTURE OF FISH

© 2018 Global Aquaculture Alliance | www.aquaculturealliance.org |

ZERO BYCATCH

No animals are unintentionally caught or harmed by fishinglines or nets.

CO2

Carbon Dioxide

Cattle Production

7x

Farmed SalmonProduction

FACT SHEET

RESTORATION

Everyone from farmers to fish processors to retailers, depend on the aquaculture industry for their livelihoods. 3 Overall, it supports the livlihoods of over 12% of the world’s population. 4

Estimated Feed Required to Gain One Pound of Body Mass

6.8 POUNDS

2.9 POUNDS

1.7 POUNDS

1.1 POUNDS SUPPORTS RURAL COMMUNITIES

The aquaculture sector makes a significantsocioeconomic contribution in coastaland rural communities where economic opportunity tends to be limited. 5

Aquaculture can be restorative forthe environment. For instance,shellfish filter impurities from our water systems, i.e. rivers, lakes, and oceans.

1. Merriam-Webster 2. National Geographic, 3. Waite et al., 4. World Bank, 5. World Bank, 6. World Bank

Aquaculture helps bring fresh fish to consumers because the fish areharvestedand frozen right on location (instead of waiting hours o�shore like most wild-caught).

Aquatic plant farming is practiced in about 50 countries. Kelp removes carbon from the atomosphere and stores it in the depths of the ocean, thus mitigating climate change. 6

PLANT-BASED FARMING

FRESHNESS

MORE THAN 100 MILLION PEOPLE