76 JUNE 2024 • WORLD AQUACULTURE • WWW.WAS.ORG Join the EUROPEAN AQUACULTURE SOCIETY (EAS)! EAS MEMBERSHIP includes automatic receipt of the Aquaculture Europe Magazine and newsletter, online access to Aquaculture International, online networking, annual membership list, reductions on international aquaculture press and websites, as well as BIG REDUCTIONS ON REGISTRATION for EAS and WAS co-organized meetings. EAS membership runs from January to December each year. New members joining at any time of the year receive all material for the calendar year. *Reduced membership fees are available for: Retired persons (certification of retired status required). Individuals residing in European and non-European Mediterranean countries with Gross National income (GNI) lower than US$ 15.000 per capita. 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Back Cover Criticism: aquaculture results in the generation of effluents and other waste streams. My response: The superior protein and energy retention of many aquatic organisms generally puts aquaculture in a more sustainable position when compared to terrestrial livestock, yet criticisms along these lines are more widespread and exaggerated for aquaculture. Perhaps the critics should ponder their own waste streams, especially those that are not actually producing anything? Impacts from aquaculture production are often mischaracterized in the media and online fora, with no mention of the underlying trade-offs. Difficult questions must be debated objectively, such as which would be preferable in terms of global seafood supplies: continued growth of aquaculture, or continued over-fishing, habitat destruction, wasteful by-catch, stock collapses and illegal fishing practices such as forced labor? Seems to me there’s a tradeoff there. Perhaps another possibility that some critics would find acceptable would be to simply constrain aquaculture production through misguided policies and allow widespread malnutrition in lesser-developed nations reliant on fish as a source of animal protein? In spite of those who bemoan this reality, access to animal protein is a necessity for most of the Earth’s population, and it will be for some time to come. Which raises another question: with our current and projected resources, including fresh water, arable land, and common feed ingredients, which would be preferable to meet humanity’s demand for animal protein? Continued growth of aquaculture or expanded poultry and livestock production? In most situations aquaculture has been shown to be a far more efficient use of these resources. And most climate-change scenarios suggest these resources will become more constrained in the coming decades, increasing costs and potentially reducing the availability of all but the most efficient feed-dependent animals, be they terrestrial or aquatic. — C. Greg Lutz, Editor-in-Chief
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