Less than half of the European dietary recommendations for fish consumption are satisfied by national seafood supplies.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To review the seafood dietary recommendations of European countries and compare them to national seafood supplies.

Methods

Current seafood dietary recommendations were collated from national health authorities across Europe. Food balance sheets were downloaded from the FAO, and appropriate conversion factors were applied to each seafood commodity. Average net per capita seafood supplies from 2007 to 2017 were derived from data on imports and production for food from both capture fisheries and aquaculture, accounting for exports.

Results

Both national dietary recommendations and seafood supplies varied considerably throughout Europe. At a national level, on a per capita basis, only 13 out of the 31 of European dietary recommendations for fish consumption were s

SUBMITTER: Lofstedt A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8572203 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature