Christopher L. Delgado, Nikolas Wada, Mark W. Rosegrant, Siet Meijer, and Mahfuzuddin Ahmed

Growing crises and controversy are plaguing the fish industry worldwide. With more people consuming more fish than ever before, the world's oceans are being overfished and fish farming is threatening surrounding waters and even wild fish stocks. Given this troubling picture, can an environmentally sustainable fish industry that also serves poor people be developed over the next two decades? To address this question, Fish to 2020 presents the first comprehensive economic analysis of recent rapid changes in the fish sector and gives the outlook for fish in the global food system over the next two decades.

Using a state-of-the-art model of the world food system, Fish to 2020 examines the pressing problems of fisheries in the context of changing global and national market forces. It reveals that developing countries will shape nearly all growth in the fish industry in the next two decades and describes how new technologies and improved policies in both developed and developing countries can help create a thriving and sustainable fish industry. This book is essential for anyone who wishes to understand the future of the world food system and the crucial role that fish can play. Highlights of the book are available in a food policy report and a brief.

  Click here for the Food Policy Report titled 'Outlook for Fish to 2020: Meeting Global Demand'
  Click here for the Brief titled 'The Future of Fish: Issues and Trends to 2020'
  Click here for the Publication titled 'Supply and Demand in Changing Global Markets'

WHAT OTHERS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE "SUPPLY AND DEMAND IN CHANGING GLOBAL MARKETS" PUBLICATION

“This analysis of world fish markets to 2020 is the first of its kind that is firmly rooted in modeling of supply and demand based on economic theory, taking into account economic and technological as well as biological variables, and also analyzing implications for equity as well as international trade under alternative scenarios.This book is bound to become a seminal contribution in this field.”
-- Trond Bjorndal, professor of Fisheries Economics, Centre for Fisheries Economics, Bergen and University of Portsmouth

“We have all heard about the crisis in fisheries: dwindling catches, swordfishermen out of work, and the environ- mental questions that are dimming hopes for aquaculture. Here, five experts apply thoughtful scenario-building and solid economic analysis to construct a plausible picture of what this vital industry will look like in 2020.Their work should command the serious attention of policymakers—in the developing world as in the North.”
-- Donald Kennedy, editor-in-chief, Science

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