Fish and seafood are fundamental food items, containing unique nutritional characteristics that are of considerable benefit to our rapidly growing population.

Aquaculture, the farming of aquatic animals and plants, is the fastest growing food producing sector globally.

Unlike many other human activities, aquaculture is characterised by having an environmental scope (reducing pressure on wild fish stocks), an economic scope (generating wealth for coastal and rural societies) and a social scope (producing safe, tasty, health promoting seafood).