The Center on Food Security and the Environment is a joint effort of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.
Aquaculture
Scholarly Publications
Nature's Subsidies to Shrimp and Salmon Farming
October 1998
Although many fisheries stocks have declined precipitously throughout the world, fish farming--and especially shrimp and salmon farming--has boomed.
Aquaculture -A Gateway for Exotic Species
November 2001
Aquaculture is a fast-growing segment of the world food economy and a leading vector of aquatic invasive species in the United States and abroad.
Effects of Aquaculture on World Fish Supplies
June 2000
Global production of farmed fish and shellfish has more than doubled in the past 15 years.
Other Publications
Marine Aquaculture in the United States: Environmental impacts and policy options
December 2001
Global aquaculture production is growing rapidly, with production more than doubling in weight and by value from 1989 to 1998.
News
Stanford-Cargill partnership strengthens to address food security issues
November 2011
Stanford’s Center on Food Security and the Environment (FSE) has received a $2 million grant from Cargill, a second gift from the company that raises its total contribution to FSE to $5 million...
Half of the fish consumed globally is now raised on farms
September 2009
Aquaculture now accounts for half of the fish consumed globally, according to a recent study released by Stanford's Program on Food Security and the Environment.
Ensuring a sustainable future for U.S. ocean fish farming
December 2009
In an Op-Ed featured on Huffington Post, aquaculture specialist and FSE director, Rosamond Naylor, supports a newly proposed House bill, the National Sustainable Offshore Aquaculture Act.
Old Events
Aquaculture Feeds: Future Demand and Pathways Toward Sustainable Feed Inputs
October 4, 2007
Most reduction fisheries that produce fishmeal and fish oil have already reached or exceeded sustainable catch levels and will be placed under further pressure as the aquaculture industry grows.
China’s Seafood Marketplace—Our Common Future (Aquaculture and Feed Use in China)
January 31, 2011
Roz Naylor will present a seminar on "China's Seafood Marketplace--Our Common Future (Aquaculture and Feed Use in China" as part of the 2011 Seafood Summit.
Projects
Integrated Studies of Sustainability: Land-Water systems of the Yaqui Basin
The Yaqui Valley, in Sonora, Mexico is a region of rapid demographic, economic, and ecological change in both upland and coastal areas.
English
Search for Sustainable Solutions in Salmon Aquaculture
Continued growth in farmed salmon production worldwide--combined with emerging growth in the production of other lucrative farmed finfish species such as bluefin tuna, cod, and halibut--threatens...
English
Farming Finfish in Coastal Ecosystems and the Open Ocean: Assessing Options for Sustainability
If aquaculture is to play a responsible role in the future of seafood here at home, we must ensure that the "blue revolution" in ocean fish farming does not cause harm to the oceans and the marine...
English
Multimedia
Video: Roz Naylor at the Farm Tank 2016 Sustainable Protein Panel
September 2016
The Sustainable Protest Panel from the 2016 Farm Tank Summit, featuring: Moderator: Tom Philpott, Food and Ag Correspondent, Mother Jones Keynote: Sheila Bowman, Seafood Watch Manager of Culinary & Strategic Initiatives, Monterey Bay Aquarium...
David Little, Aquaculture, Food Security, and the Marine Environment
October 2016
David Little is a senior lecturer and researcher of The Institute of Aquaculture Systems Group, with over twenty years’ experience in tropical aquaculture.
Ronald Hardy, Aquaculture, Food Security, and the Marine Environment
October 2016
Ronald Hardy is an international expert in fish nutrition and serves as Director of the Aquaculture Research Institute at the University of Idaho.
People
Rosamond L. Naylor Senior Fellow William Wrigley Professor of Earth System Science, Senior Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute and Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Senior Fellow and Founding Director, Center on Food Security and the Environment 
