Working with Nutreco and our members to lead a global transformation of the seafood sector is an ambitious task. That is why it is critically important that we have committed and engaged members who take action in their own operations and value chains – and who are not afraid to share their lessons learned. As a founding member of SeaBOS, Nutreco has been leading the SeaBOS task force onIUU fishing and modern slavery from the outset.

A key challenge to look out for remains our joint capability to communicate with our value chain partners and policy stakeholders to ensure they are receiving our messaging and are actively engaging on the ambitions that we have identified, as sustainable development requires a broad value chain partnership, including competent authorities. For all our livestock customers, the development progress on feeding techniques and animal nutrition solutions is of crucial importance to impact objectives such as reducing emissions, increasing circularity and boosting efficiency. At the same time, we must also listen to their needs and expectations, which also fully encompass economic sustainability-based demands on competitiveness and profitability. Without securing that economic pillar, no investments in more sustainable production methods are feasible.

Setting the scene, Keynote Speaker Professor Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, insisted that some of the main sources of the global food supply have not lived up to the fundamental requirement of providing sufficient products for the world population to consume in a stable and resilient way. AquaVision attendees heard first-hand how aquaculture faces the triple- headline challenge of huge population growth, climate change and social impacts. They also learned why it is imperative that all production systems are enabled to collectively produce vast quantities of additional food that is both climate-friendly and that makes more positive contributions to human well-being.