President John T. Niccollai
Seafood Gap:
The Wall Street Journal released a journal report entitled “Future of Food”, which featured an interview with T.J. Tate and Amy Novogratz about “The Large Seafood Gap”. Ms. Tate, director of sustainable-seafood program at the National Aquarium, explained that consumers are unaware how rapidly the need for seafood is increasing due to the population. “When you’re talking about unsustainable seafood, it’s also the fact that we just don’t have enough…we’re predicted to need to triple the amount of aquaculture were producing by the end of the century”. The increasing population is calling for an increase in the amount of food production. This could have a lasting impact on aqua ecosystems according to Novogratz and Tate; which could influence the production of seafood being sold in stores available for consumer purchase.