Rethinking aquaculture production with an integrated mind-set is needed to tackle the simultaneous challenges of feed and energy demands, containment of wastes, pathogens, and escaped fish, land and water requirements, and consumer preferences - FSE aquaculture researcher Dane Klinger 

Ocean resources are in jeopardy given the current scope of fish capture and other human activities. Aquaculture now accounts for 50 percent of the fish consumed globally. Many capture fisheries are in decline, and marine finfish aquaculture-often considered to be the solution to problems of over-fishing and other human stresses on the ocean environment-poses additional risks to wild fish stocks.