Rights and representation support justice across aquatic food systems

Christina C Hicks^#¹, Jessica A Gephart^#², J Zachary Koehn^#³, Shinnosuke Nakayama³, Hanna J Payne³, Edward H Allison⁴, Dyhia Belhbib⁵, Ling Cao⁶, Philippa J Cohen^{4

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8}, Jessica Fanzo⁹, Etienne Fluet-Chouinard¹⁰, Stefan Gelcich^{11

12}, Christopher D Golden¹³, Kelvin D Gorospe², Moenieba Isaacs¹⁴, Caitlin D Kuempel^{15

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17}, Kai N Lee³, M Aaron MacNeil¹⁸, Eva Maire², Jemimah Njuki^{19

20}, Nitya Rao²¹, U Rashid Sumaila^{22

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24}, Elizabeth R Selig³, Shakuntala H Thilsted⁴, Colette C C Wabnitz^{3

22}, Rosamond L Naylor²⁵

Affiliations

¹ Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK. christina.hicks@lancaster.ac.uk.
² Department of Environmental Science, American University, Washington, DC, USA.
³ Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
⁴ WorldFish, Batu Maung, Penang, Malaysia.
⁵ Ecotrust Canada, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada.
⁶ School of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
⁷ Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
⁸ Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
⁹ Berman Institute of Bioethics and Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
¹¹ Instituto Milenio en Socio-ecologia Costera (SECOS), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
¹² Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
¹³ Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
¹⁴ Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa.
¹⁵ Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
¹⁶ School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
¹⁷ Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia.
¹⁸ Ocean Frontier Institute, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
¹⁹ International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA.
²⁰ UN Women, New York, NY, USA.
²¹ School of International Development, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
²² Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada.
²³ School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada.
²⁴ LESTARI, National University of Malaysia (International Distinguished Professor), Selangor, Malaysia.
²⁵ Department of Global Environmental Policy and Center on Food Security and the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 37117898
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-022-00618-4

Rights and representation support justice across aquatic food systems

Christina C Hicks et al. Nat Food. 2022 Oct.

. 2022 Oct;3(10):851-861.

doi: 10.1038/s43016-022-00618-4. Epub 2022 Oct 18.

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Affiliations

¹ Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK. christina.hicks@lancaster.ac.uk.
² Department of Environmental Science, American University, Washington, DC, USA.
³ Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
⁴ WorldFish, Batu Maung, Penang, Malaysia.
⁵ Ecotrust Canada, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada.
⁶ School of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
⁷ Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
⁸ Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
⁹ Berman Institute of Bioethics and Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
¹¹ Instituto Milenio en Socio-ecologia Costera (SECOS), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
¹² Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
¹³ Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
¹⁴ Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa.
¹⁵ Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
¹⁶ School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
¹⁷ Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia.
¹⁸ Ocean Frontier Institute, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
¹⁹ International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA.
²⁰ UN Women, New York, NY, USA.
²¹ School of International Development, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
²² Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada.
²³ School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada.
²⁴ LESTARI, National University of Malaysia (International Distinguished Professor), Selangor, Malaysia.
²⁵ Department of Global Environmental Policy and Center on Food Security and the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 37117898
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-022-00618-4

Abstract

Injustices are prevalent in food systems, where the accumulation of vast wealth is possible for a few, yet one in ten people remain hungry. Here, for 194 countries we combine aquatic food production, distribution and consumption data with corresponding national policy documents and, drawing on theories of social justice, explore whether barriers to participation explain unequal distributions of benefits. Using Bayesian models, we find economic and political barriers are associated with lower wealth-based benefits; countries produce and consume less when wealth, formal education and voice and accountability are lacking. In contrast, social barriers are associated with lower welfare-based benefits; aquatic foods are less affordable where gender inequality is greater. Our analyses of policy documents reveal a frequent failure to address political and gender-based barriers. However, policies linked to more just food system outcomes centre principles of human rights, specify inclusive decision-making processes and identify and challenge drivers of injustice.

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