Abstract:
Food systems that use aquatic bioresources are increasingly in the spotlight
because they can meet a significant proportion of humanity's nutritional and healthy food
needs. It is a physically and financially accessible source of animal protein and trace
elements.
The production and distribution of food products from aquatic bioresources is a
process not without problems. It is impossible and/or insufficient to take into account
serious long-term negative impacts on the fishing industry in strategies for creating
healthy, sustainable and fair food systems, especially since Ukraine occupies an
important place in the global food chain.
But the prioritization of the development of fisheries and aquaculture today is
reflected in the development and implementation of new strategies and policies at the
global, regional and national levels, in legislation on reforming food systems.
Climate change and the resulting environmental problems, the loss of biodiversity
in natural ecosystems, the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, crises and other
humanitarian emergencies, and the war in Ukraine pose additional challenges to the
global economy.
A better understanding of the impacts of climate change and other natural and
anthropogenic shocks may provide opportunities to secure food systems that use aquatic
bioresources.
According to FAO forecasts, with proper support of the system of production of
food products from aquatic bioresources, using the concept of “blue” transformation, it
is possible to ensure a twenty-five percent increase in the consumption of products from
aquatic bioresources per capita by 2050 on the basis of sustainability
