Tilapia producer Regal Springs has become a member of the Blue Food Partnership’s multi-stakeholder Sustainable Aquaculture Working Group, which aims to harness the potential of sustainable aquaculture to help meet the nutritional needs of a fast-growing population through ways that also combat climate change and work towards zero hunger.
The initiative is led by the World Economic Forum’s Friends of Ocean Action platform.
“Our tilapia are at the corner stone of world food security,” Regal Springs CEO Alois Hofbauer said. “By farming responsibly, we add precious protein to world food supplies helping to preserve threated ocean fish stocks. With wild stocks in some regions fished near to capacity, aquaculture will contribute most of the additional fish produced and consumed in the future.”
“By scaling up sustainable aquaculture, Regal Springs can help what we define as the ‘Blue Food Movement’ to accelerate the food systems transformation we need for people and planet, while stimulating new avenues for economic growth and jobs for millions of people worldwide.”
The Blue Food Partnership is made up of stakeholders from the private sector, non-governmental and intergovernmental organisations, scientists, and governments. It is informed by the Ocean Panel’s 2030 ocean food priority areas and the scientific findings of the Blue Food Assessment.
