Dear Madame/Sir,
We would like to thank HLPE for this study that comprehensively focus on different aspects of fisheries and aquaculture. By this means, outcomes of the report will bring forward the link between the role of fisheries, aquacualture and food security.
Please find below the opinions of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock of Republic of Turkey on HLPE V0 Draft.
Sincerely Yours
COMMENTS ON THE V0 DRAFT OF THE HLPE REPORT ON THE "ROLE OF SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE FOR FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION":
1. Although it is recognized that fisheries and aquaculture share common issues, owing to structure of activities , resources used and in many other aspects, fisheries and aquaculture should be analyzed separetely.
2. It may be useful to put a new subtitle ‘’Fish Consumption and Food Security’’.
- The reasons of low and high fish consumptions,
- A detail and disaggregated analysis by different factors such as consumption culture, level of income, types of fish, types of fishery products and etc.
3. It may be useful to put a new subtitle ‘‘ Issues threatening the contrubution of fisheries and aquaculture to food security’’
- Overexploitation (using of fish meal to feed farmed fish is actually contributing to the overfishing crisis)
- Conflicts of interest (tourism and aquaculture, etc)
- Invasive species
- Pollution
- Etc.
S. Burak GÜRESİNLİ
Assistant EU Expert
Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock
Directorate General of EU and Foreign Relations
Department of International Organizations
Eskişehir Yolu 9.Km Lodumlu/Ankara/TÜRKİYE
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and LivestockS. Burak Güresinli