TY - JOUR
T1 - Aquatic food loss and waste rate in the United States is half of earlier estimates
AU - Love, David C.
AU - Asche, Frank
AU - Fry, Jillian
AU - Nguyen, Ly
AU - Gephart, Jessica
AU - Garlock, Taryn M.
AU - Jenkins, Lekelia D.
AU - Anderson, James L.
AU - Brown, Mark
AU - Viglia, Silvio
AU - Nussbaumer, Elizabeth M.
AU - Neff, Roni
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s).
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - Food loss and waste (FLW) is a major challenge to food system sustainability, including aquatic foods. We investigated aquatic FLW in the food supply of the United States, the largest importer of aquatic food globally, using primary and secondary data and life cycle methodology. We show that there are significant differences in FLW among species, production technology, origin and stage of supply chain. We estimate total aquatic FLW was 22.7%, which is 43–55% lower than earlier estimates reported in the literature, illustrating the importance of applying a disaggregated approach. Production losses associated with imported food contribute over a quarter of total FLW, and addressing these losses requires multinational efforts to implement interventions along the supply chain. These findings inform prioritization of solutions—including areas of need for innovations, government incentives, policy change, infrastructure and equity.
AB - Food loss and waste (FLW) is a major challenge to food system sustainability, including aquatic foods. We investigated aquatic FLW in the food supply of the United States, the largest importer of aquatic food globally, using primary and secondary data and life cycle methodology. We show that there are significant differences in FLW among species, production technology, origin and stage of supply chain. We estimate total aquatic FLW was 22.7%, which is 43–55% lower than earlier estimates reported in the literature, illustrating the importance of applying a disaggregated approach. Production losses associated with imported food contribute over a quarter of total FLW, and addressing these losses requires multinational efforts to implement interventions along the supply chain. These findings inform prioritization of solutions—including areas of need for innovations, government incentives, policy change, infrastructure and equity.
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U2 - 10.1038/s43016-023-00881-z
DO - 10.1038/s43016-023-00881-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 38093119
AN - SCOPUS:85179705215
SN - 2662-1355
VL - 4
SP - 1058
EP - 1069
JO - Nature Food
JF - Nature Food
IS - 12
ER -