Limits to food production from the sea

Jaap van der Meer

doi:10.1038/s43016-020-00202-8

Limits to food production from the sea

Jaap van der Meer^*

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Abstract

Mariculture has attracted much attention as a potential new source of food. Yet, the trophic efficiency of marine ecosystems is already high, making further improvements hard to achieve. Increasing marine food production may be possible by fishing at lower trophic levels, but the risks of such a practice must be considered.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	762-764
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature Food
Volume	1
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-020-00202-8
Publication status	Published - Dec 2020

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Limits to food production from the sea

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