title: Public Health Perspectives on Aquaculture.
abstract: Nearly half of all seafood consumed globally comes from aquaculture, a method of food production that has expanded rapidly in recent years. Increasing seafood consumption has been proposed as part of a strategy to combat the current non-communicable disease (NCD) pandemic, but public health, environmental, social, and production challenges related to certain types of aquaculture production must be addressed. Resolving these complicated human health and ecologic trade-offs requires systems thinking and collaboration across many fields; the One Health concept is an integrative approach that brings veterinary and human health experts together to combat zoonotic disease. We propose applying and expanding the One Health approach to facilitate collaboration among stakeholders focused on increasing consumption of seafood and expanding aquaculture production, using methods that minimize risks to public health, animal health, and ecology. This expanded application of One Health may also have relevance to other complex systems with similar trade-offs.
authors.affiliation: Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Independencia 1027, Región Metropolitana Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Juan G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Gormaz
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA ; Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.
authors.forename: Jillian P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Fry
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Independencia 1027, Región Metropolitana Santiago, Chile ; Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Independencia 1027, Región Metropolitana Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Marcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Erazo
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA ; Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Love
keywords: Aquaculture; Environment; Fish; Fish meal; Fish oil; Health; Non-communicable diseases; Nutrition; Public health; Seafood; n-3 PUFA