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What is Seafood Sustainability

Chapter 2
Developing Sustainable Food Systems, Policies, and Securities
To keep food security, protecting and maintaining availability of seafood and biodiversity of oceans and seas for the future.
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Seafood Security and Sustainability Through Sustainable Development: A Review of Turkish Seafood Market
Seda Yildirim (Tekirdag Namık Kemal University, Turkey) and Merve Kaplan (Kocaeli University, Turkey)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2599-9.ch002
Abstract
The world has understood that hunger is one of the most dangerous problems for the future. Accordingly, food security and sustainability are both important issues through sustainable development. This chapter highlights the role of seafood security and sustainability for sustainable development. In this context, seafood security and sustainability for Turkish seafood market was investigated. Turkey is a coastal country, which has accepted 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, with a seafood market and a good sample to investigate seafood sustainability. This study employed secondary data from TURKSTAT and FAO websites to determine Turkish seafood market profile. The study determined seafood security and sustainability based on five dimensions as availability, economic access, physical access, utilization, and stabilization. Seafood sustainability is vital for coastal countries because seafood market brings economic, social, and environmental benefits at the same time.
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