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Podcast: American Shoreline Podcast Network
Episode: The Increasingly Important Role of Seafood, Wild Fisheries, and Aquaculture in a Changing World | American Blue Economy Podcast
Description: In this month's episode, host Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet (ret) discusses fisheries and seafood, one of the most sustainable and healthy forms of protein. From a food security standpoint, seafood will be critical as our world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, nearly 2 billion more than our current population. For the US, seafood is a huge part of our economy but we have a $16.8 billion seafood trade deficit. Additionally, over 85% of the seafood we consume is imported, and half of those imports are raised in foreign fish farms.  Our fisheries are also under threat, so we’ll address how advan...