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In a world that faces worsening food shortages, finding a more sustainable source of food supply is part of the solution. That's why people are now looking at fisheries and aquaculture as new growth points in our food production. To produce the same amount of protein, cultivating fish and other seafood roughly requires less feed than raising livestock. That means aquaculture is greener than animal husbandry. Eating fish also benefits our health. For example, tuna fish is found to be especially heart healthy. But fisheries and aquaculture are also confronted with many challenges, like overexploitation and environmental disasters as in the Gulf of Mexico and the nuclear leak in Japan earlier this year. 

So how can we create better practices for aquaculture and fishing? And in what way can we mitigate the negative impact of environmental disasters on fish and other seafood?

Ni hao, you're listening to  People In the Know, bringing you insights into the headline news in China and around the world, I'm Zheng Chenguang in Beijing. In today's program, we are taking a look at the future of aquaculture and fisheries.  

We are joined by Dr. Michael Phillips, author of the Blue Frontiers report, and Dr. Felicia Kow, Senior Lecturer, Seafood Quality and Safety, Australian Maritime College.