Small Pelagic Fish

Small pelagic fish could provide an affordable and much needed source of high quality animal protein and essential amino acids, omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins, minerals, and trace elements. Small pelagic fish play a vital role in the wider marine ecosystem, providing a key source of food for many marine species and underpinning major food webs. In addition to supporting marine ecosystems, small pelagic fish provide critical nutrition for many vulnerable coastal communities.

Small pelagic species are also some of the world’s most caught and traded fish, making up 28% of global wild capture fish production. It is important this production can be sustained. The collapse of small pelagic stocks would not only impact the wider marine ecosystem but also the communities reliant on the fish for their livelihoods and/or source of protein. If stocks crash, this could create an unbalanced ocean ecosystem which is less able to adapt to environmental change.

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