Aquaculture Ecology (SUSTAINABLE OCEAN FOODS) with Dr. Ben Halpern
Farmed versus wild. Basement shrimp hustles. Mangrove drama. Anthropology. Animal welfare and plant-based diets. Climb aboard to meet UCSB’s super cool dude, researcher and Aquaculture Ecologist, Dr. Ben Halpern. You’ll hear about sustainable food sources, land vs. sea farming, bycatch, shellfish guilt, salmon who wear makeup, global marine populations, ditching iceberg for seaweed, and a gentle nudge toward vegetables. Progress over perfection; every little step counts.
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Visit the Halpern Lab and browse Dr. Halpern’s publications on ResearchGate
A donation went to the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
Links to things we discussed:
Mangrove Forests: One of the World’s Threatened Major Tropical Environments
Mangroves and shrimp: a litmus test for food system transformation
Salmon Cannon | The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation
Can Clams and Oysters Help Clean Up Waterways?
Video of Chinese offshore fish farming
Sustainable Feed via the Global Salmon Initiative
Patagonian Toothfish via Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch
Voyage of the Totoaba: A 30-Year Journey, A Lasting Scientific Legacy
How Farmers Turn Their Salmon Pink
‘Plenty of fish in the sea’? Not anymore, say UN experts in Nice
Redefining agricultural yields: from tonnes to people nourished per hectare
Animal welfare risks of global aquaculture
Early human use of marine resources and pigment in South Africa during the Middle Pleistocene
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch
Archaeological shellfish size and later human evolution in Africa
Indo Pacific fish stocks face multiple challenges
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