Integrating Aquatic Food Systems into Global Environmental Policy

This document is an email submission from the Aquatic Life Institute providing written inputs for a ministerial declaration process and arguing that aquatic food systems and aquatic animal welfare should be meaningfully integrated into the environmental agenda. It frames aquaculture and fisheries as underrepresented in global policy despite impacts on biodiversity, climate resilience, and pollution. The text highlights sustainability challenges from industrial aquaculture and unsustainable fishing, emphasizing effects on water quality, carbon emissions, and marine ecosystem degradation.