Aquarium of the Pacific and Collaborators Publish New Findings About Seafood and Seaweed Farming
The work suggests that communicating the potential environmental benefits of seafood farming expansion has the potential to shift public perceptions.
(UNITED STATES, 3/27/2023)
Sustainable seafood and seaweed farming are environmentally friendly alternatives to land-based food. Unfamiliarity and outdated narratives about harmful aquaculture have hindered social acceptance of the aquaculture industry in the United States. A new study published by the Aquarium of the Pacific and collaborators from the School for the Environment at the University of Massachusetts Boston, University of Southern California Sea Grant Program, and the Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences at Santa Clara University reveals how perceptions of seafood and seaweed farming can change in respondents and who they saw as the most trusted sources to deliver those messages. (More Info)
Shrimp Imports: Weak Yen Reduces Purchasing Power Japan
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