Nutrient yields from northwest Atlantic fisheries : analysis, indicators, and optimization ...

• Main Author: Driscoll, John David
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 2020
• Subjects: Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0392893; https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0392893

There is a fundamental challenge to the dual objectives of improving ocean health and ending hunger and malnutrition. Seafood derived from fisheries plays a critical role in providing a variety of nutrients to people who are at high risk of malnutrition. However, catches of overfished stocks must be reduced, at least in the near term, to allow stock biomass to rebuild. Reducing catches, in turn, may result in reduced availability of nutrients for people. This suggests that fisheries decisions may have unintended consequences for human nutrition. Currently, nutrition information does not inform fisheries decision-making processes. One challenge to the integration of nutrition and fisheries policy is that fisheries yields are quantified, analyzed, and broadly conceived in terms of the weight of the catch, without regard for the nutrient content of the catch. In this dissertation, I explore this issue from multiple perspectives. In Chapter 2, I analyze the yields of a suite of nutrients obtained from fisheries ...