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Nutrition: Fall in fish catch threatens human health

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  • Christopher D. Golden

    (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; and associate director of the Planetary Health Alliance at the Harvard University Center for the Environment, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
    and associate director of the Planetary Health Alliance at the Harvard University Center for the Environment, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.)

  • Edward H. Allison

    (Edward H. Allison is a professor at the School of Marine and Environment Affairs at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.)

  • William W. L. Cheung

    (William W. L. Cheung is an associate professor in the Changing Ocean Research Unit; and director of the Nippon Foundation-Nereus Program, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
    and director of the Nippon Foundation-Nereus Program, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.)

  • Madan M. Dey

    (Madan M. Dey is professor at the Aquaculture/Fisheries Center of Excellence, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA.)

  • Benjamin S. Halpern

    (Benjamin S. Halpern is professor at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA.)

  • Douglas J. McCauley

    (Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA.)

  • Matthew Smith

    (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.)

  • Bapu Vaitla

    (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.)

  • Dirk Zeller

    (Dirk Zeller is a senior scientist and executive director at Sea Around Us, Global Fisheries Cluster, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.)

  • Samuel S. Myers

    (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; and director of the Planetary Health Alliance at the Harvard University Center for the Environment, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
    and director of the Planetary Health Alliance at the Harvard University Center for the Environment, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.)

Abstract

Christopher Golden and colleagues calculate that declining numbers of marine fish will spell more malnutrition in many developing nations.

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  • Christopher D. Golden & Edward H. Allison & William W. L. Cheung & Madan M. Dey & Benjamin S. Halpern & Douglas J. McCauley & Matthew Smith & Bapu Vaitla & Dirk Zeller & Samuel S. Myers, 2016. "Nutrition: Fall in fish catch threatens human health," Nature, Nature, vol. 534(7607), pages 317-320, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:534:y:2016:i:7607:d:10.1038_534317a
    DOI: 10.1038/534317a
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