Beyond Growth: Reshaping fisheries for a wellbeing economy
Contemporary fisheries, long driven by growth, now face ecological and social risks; this paper calls for a shift to a wellbeing economy grounded in purpose, nature, fairness, participation, and dignity, offering ten recommendations to build regenerative, equitable fisheries within planetary limits. |
Social Sustainability in Seafood Supply: Aquaculture
Gaynor Jones is critically evaluating the benefits, constraints, negative impacts, and gaps in existing social responsibility requirements in current global aquaculture supply for businesses, employees and the surrounding community. This research is funded by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council, Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre, Seafresh Group and their supplier GGM, plus AquaScot and their supplier Bakkafrost, and the Aquaculture Stewardship Council. |
Sources, Sinks and Solutions for Impacts of Plastics on Coastal Communities in Viet Nam
Ingrid Kelling and Nguyen Sy Ling are leading this Work Package on Governance and Policy to reconcile the economic and social benefits of plastic with its hazards in order to reduce negative impacts, minimize future risks, and build effective policy instruments and institutional structures that lead to effective plastics management along its full life cycle in Vietnam. The 3SIP2C project is funded by UKRI:GCRF |
Transforming the seafood supply system
We use seafood supply chains as the lens through which to investigate current drivers of change in seafood supply and strategies for resilience. This research was sponsored by the OECD Cooperative Research Programme. Read the paper here. |
I am the founder and Director of the Fair Food Hub, whose aim is to work together to challenge system inequities using innovative, scientific, collaborative approaches. Workstreams include Fair Food, Worker Welfare and Wellbeing, and Global Justice. To find out more, visit: www.fairfoodhub.org |
In this paper we explore Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Aquaculture, based on the outcomes of a successful workshop at the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS) Annual Science Meeting. The workshop was co-hosted by the Women in Scottish Aquaculture (WiSA) network.
Read the paper here. |
Listen to my podcast with The Scotsman on Beyond Growth here based on an OECD CRP sponsored conference on Operationalising Wellbeing in Fisheries.
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Human rights abuses in seafood supply chains have intensified scrutiny of global fisheries, highlighting States’ obligations under international law and the limits of private certification schemes. This review shows that international human rights law applies to fishers, placing primary responsibility on States, while calling for transformative, worker-centered, and collaborative approaches to ensure a sustainable and ethical seafood future.
Read the paper here. |
