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Let Them Eat Fish!—Exploring the Possibility of Utilising Unwanted Catch in Food Bank Parcels in The Netherlands

The Common Fisheries Policy of the European Union was reformed in 2013 with the aim of improving the sustainability of the fishing sector. The Landing Obligation, a cornerstone of this reform, requires fishers to land their unwanted catch instead of discarding it at sea. Existing literature pays lit...

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Autores principales: Rao, Madhura, Bilić, Lea, Duwel, Joanna, Herentrey, Charlotte, Lehtinen, Essi, Lee, Malin, Díaz Calixto, María Alejandra, Bast, Aalt, de Boer, Alie
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8620036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34829053
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods10112775
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author Rao, Madhura
Bilić, Lea
Duwel, Joanna
Herentrey, Charlotte
Lehtinen, Essi
Lee, Malin
Díaz Calixto, María Alejandra
Bast, Aalt
de Boer, Alie
author_facet Rao, Madhura
Bilić, Lea
Duwel, Joanna
Herentrey, Charlotte
Lehtinen, Essi
Lee, Malin
Díaz Calixto, María Alejandra
Bast, Aalt
de Boer, Alie
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description The Common Fisheries Policy of the European Union was reformed in 2013 with the aim of improving the sustainability of the fishing sector. The Landing Obligation, a cornerstone of this reform, requires fishers to land their unwanted catch instead of discarding it at sea. Existing literature pays little attention to what becomes of this unwanted catch once it is landed. To further the discourse on the sustainable valorisation of unwanted catch, this study explores whether unwanted catch that is safe for human consumption could be used for improving food security. The paper focuses on Dutch food banks, which deliver critical food aid to over 160,000 individuals yearly but struggle to provide all dependant recipients with nutritionally balanced food parcels. The research question is addressed in two ways. The food bank recipients’ willingness to consume UWC is evaluated quantitatively through a survey. Next to this, data from interviews with relevant stakeholders are analysed qualitatively. Results indicate that the Food Bank Foundation and its recipients are willing to receive this fish if it is safe to consume and accessible. However, various factors such as existing infrastructure, lack of economic incentive to donate, competition from non-food and black markets, and the fishing industry’s conflict with the landing obligation might pose barriers to this kind of valorisation. The dissonance between fisheries, food, and sustainability policies is discussed and identified as a key limiting factor. To bridge the differences between these policy areas, we propose public-private partnerships and voluntary agreements among involved stakeholders.
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spelling pubmed-86200362021-11-27 Let Them Eat Fish!—Exploring the Possibility of Utilising Unwanted Catch in Food Bank Parcels in The Netherlands Rao, Madhura Bilić, Lea Duwel, Joanna Herentrey, Charlotte Lehtinen, Essi Lee, Malin Díaz Calixto, María Alejandra Bast, Aalt de Boer, Alie Foods Article The Common Fisheries Policy of the European Union was reformed in 2013 with the aim of improving the sustainability of the fishing sector. The Landing Obligation, a cornerstone of this reform, requires fishers to land their unwanted catch instead of discarding it at sea. Existing literature pays little attention to what becomes of this unwanted catch once it is landed. To further the discourse on the sustainable valorisation of unwanted catch, this study explores whether unwanted catch that is safe for human consumption could be used for improving food security. The paper focuses on Dutch food banks, which deliver critical food aid to over 160,000 individuals yearly but struggle to provide all dependant recipients with nutritionally balanced food parcels. The research question is addressed in two ways. The food bank recipients’ willingness to consume UWC is evaluated quantitatively through a survey. Next to this, data from interviews with relevant stakeholders are analysed qualitatively. Results indicate that the Food Bank Foundation and its recipients are willing to receive this fish if it is safe to consume and accessible. However, various factors such as existing infrastructure, lack of economic incentive to donate, competition from non-food and black markets, and the fishing industry’s conflict with the landing obligation might pose barriers to this kind of valorisation. The dissonance between fisheries, food, and sustainability policies is discussed and identified as a key limiting factor. To bridge the differences between these policy areas, we propose public-private partnerships and voluntary agreements among involved stakeholders. MDPI 2021-11-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8620036/ /pubmed/34829053 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods10112775 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Rao, Madhura
Bilić, Lea
Duwel, Joanna
Herentrey, Charlotte
Lehtinen, Essi
Lee, Malin
Díaz Calixto, María Alejandra
Bast, Aalt
de Boer, Alie
Let Them Eat Fish!—Exploring the Possibility of Utilising Unwanted Catch in Food Bank Parcels in The Netherlands
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title_full_unstemmed Let Them Eat Fish!—Exploring the Possibility of Utilising Unwanted Catch in Food Bank Parcels in The Netherlands
title_short Let Them Eat Fish!—Exploring the Possibility of Utilising Unwanted Catch in Food Bank Parcels in The Netherlands
title_sort let them eat fish!—exploring the possibility of utilising unwanted catch in food bank parcels in the netherlands
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8620036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34829053
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods10112775
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