For the first time ever, a global analysis has the numbers to demonstrate the importance of seafood to the diet and culture of Indigenous people. Authors estimate that members of coastal Indigenous communities, on average, consume 15 times more seafood per person than non-Indigenous people in the same country. The study collected data from 1900 Indigenous communities around the world, and estimated their seafood yield to be 2% of the total global catch. These findings emphasize the importance of fishing and seafood consumption to the Indigenous peoples, which can be used to inform fisheries policy for those communities whose lives depend on fruits of the ocean.
Authors:
Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor , Daniel Pauly, Lauren V. Weatherdon, Yoshitaka Ota
Corresponding authors:
Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor, NEREUS Program, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Email: a.cisneros@oceans.ubc.ca
Yoshitaka Ota, NEREUS Program, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Email: y.ota@oceans.ubc.ca
Original paper published in PLOS One on December 5, 2016.
