Confronting the Blue Revolution: Industrial Aquaculture and Sustainability in the Global South

by Saidul Islam

Like the Green Revolution of the 1960s, a "Blue Revolution" has taken place in global aquaculture. Geared towards quenching the appetite of privileged consumers in the global North, it has come at a high price for the South: ecological devastation, displacement of rural subsistence farmers, and labour exploitation. The uncomfortable truth is that food security for affluent consumers depends on a foundation of social and ecological devastation in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442614404
• ISBN13: 9781442614406
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher