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Geo: Geography and Environment @geoopenaccess.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

🐟New in Geo🐟 'Is understanding "fish as food" enough? Reclaiming power and politics in aquatic food research and policy' by @sophiestanden.bsky.social This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section on sustainable food systems. doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Sophie Standen (2026) entitled: 'Is Understanding ‘Fish as Food’ Enough? Reclaiming Power and Politics in Aquatic Food Research and Policy' with an orange banner at the top.

Fish are an important source of food, livelihood and culture for millions of people worldwide. Yet, policy, research and fisheries management paradigms have not often recognised fish as food. Instead, fish are commonly viewed as a commoditised natural resource for economic development and fishing as a livelihood of last resort. However, in academic research and in some policy and fisheries governance circles, understandings of the importance of fish as food are increasing. This paper explores how understandings of fish as food have evolved in research, policy and governance. It shows that fish are most commonly articulated as food through the framing of food security. Through highlighting research gaps and limitations to securitised approaches to aquatic food systems and fisheries, it argues that a critical power-sensitive research agenda needs to be better engaged with in current ‘fish as food’ debates and discourse. Overall, this paper will review our understanding of the burgeoning push for conceptualising fish as food in policy, research and governance to identify gaps in our understanding and thus potential future areas for research.

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LEC Reefs @lec-reefs.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

New Paper Alert! @sophiestanden.bsky.social Is Understanding‘Fish as Food’ Enough?Reclaiming Power and Politics in Aquatic Food Research and Policy 📈Despite aquatic food systems gaining global attention, the role of power dynamics shaping debates is still overlooked. 👇 tinyurl.com/FishAsFood26

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

This, to be considered by the House of Commons this afternoon, needs to cause as much political trouble for the government as the welfare bill. Ask your MP to stand up for the right to protest.

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Motion to approve the draft Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 - Yvette Cooper

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Sophie Standen @sophiestanden.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

🐟 My PhD's 2nd chapter is now published! Here I show how industrial overfishing in Ghanaian waters exacerbates inequalities in the post-harvest sector, impacting fish processing and trading livelihoods, as well as Ghanaian aquatic food systems more broadly. 🐟 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Marine Degradation and Market Dependency in Ghana: Food Sovereignty as a Critique of Capital in Aquatic Food Systems

Small-scale fisheries constitute a vital source of food for millions of people, despite facing increasing marginalisation. Food sovereignty is a global social movement that calls attention to the mar...

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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

“If I die, I want a loud death. I don’t want to be just breaking news, or a number in a group, I want a death that the world will hear.” She was about to get married; a film about her life in Gaza had just been finished. 10 of her family were killed with her. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike

Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed along with 10 members of her family

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James Robinson @james-robinson.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

NEW JOB: How does pelagic-reef connectivity vary across atolls and oceans? 2 year post-doc position based at research-intensive @lancasteruni.bsky.social, and part of the fantastic @lec-reefs.bsky.social team Apply: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #AcademicSky 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍

Coral Reef in the Ras Mohanned Marine Park, Egypt. Credit: Alex Mustard / Ocean Image Bank

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James Robinson @james-robinson.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Small-scale fisheries account for 40% of global catch, providing 20% of micronutrient intakes for up to 2.3 billion people and livelihoods for 1 in 12 people. Huge effort involving @fao.org & 800 experts, out now in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Illuminating the multidimensional contributions of small-scale fisheries - Nature

A study aimed at revealing the role of small-scale fisheries in sustainable development shows they provide at least 40% of the global fishing catch and affect the livelihoods of 1 in 12 people in the ...

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Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

By focusing almost exclusively on "moonshot" technological innovations to produce more food, this initiative does little to address the leading political and economic drivers of world hunger such as conflict, economic shocks, and inequality in food systems. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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Nobel prize winners call for urgent ‘moonshot’ effort to avert global hunger catastrophe

More than 150 Nobel and World Food prize laureates sign open letter calling for immediate ramping up of food production

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Douglas Booker @douglasbooker.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Just a few weeks left to apply for this PhD opportunity! If you are interested, I encourage you to get in touch with me (d.d.booker@leeds.ac.uk)

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Javier González @reefjav.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Great Barrier Reef fish reveal that large-scale macroecological patterns have changed significantly 🐟🐠 We found that changes in latitudinal diversity gradient & rising species turnover were strongly correlated with shifts in coral composition Out now in Nature Comms www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Emergent patterns of reef fish diversity correlate with coral assemblage shifts along the Great Barrier Reef - Nature Communications

Coral reefs have been severely affected by anthropogenic stress. Using long term data from the Great Barrier Reef, this study found temporal changes in the latitudinal diversity gradient, and stronger...

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LEC Reefs @lec-reefs.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

The amazing @ruchakarkarey.bsky.social presents her work on squaretail grouper in Lakshadweep archipelago. 🐟First recorded aggregation in India 🐟Highest densities in the world 🐟 Emerging fisheries & fish trade 🐟 80% population decline 🐟 Less aggression, more fear #RCUK2024

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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Whether you are Welsh or not, people in the UK need to be aware of Wales' treatment.

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Dani Dark Skies ✨ @danidarkskies.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Absolute insanity that these dangers still persist in Wales. More often than not these tips are perched precariously, looming over our most deprived communities, just biding time before slipping through the streets. They were very lucky this wasn’t a lot worse. Next time they may not be so lucky.

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