Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, UK.
Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China.
Ambio. 2021 Sep;50(9):1739-1756. doi: 10.1007/s13280-021-01503-3. Epub 2021 Mar 5.
Trends in aquatic food consumption were matched against farm production surveys within Hubei province and compared to official production data and statistics. Surveys showed that consumer tastes were changing to a much broader aquatic food menu as their spending power increased. Traditional aquaculture species were becoming less profitable due to reduced profit margins as input costs increased and consumption preferences changed. Consequently, many producers were diversifying their production to meet local demand. Some farmers were also de-intensifying by reducing commercial aquafeed inputs and reverting to more traditional methods of dyke-crop culture to optimise trade-offs between input costs and labour, and manage their risk more effectively. In addition, analysis of local data showed that wholesale changes were occurring to aquaculture production as environmental protection legislation took effect which reduced the growing area for carps considerably.
对湖北省内水产食品消费趋势进行了农场生产调查，并与官方生产数据和统计数据进行了比较。调查显示，随着消费者支出能力的提高，他们的口味正在向更广泛的水产食品菜单转变。由于投入成本增加和消费偏好改变，传统水产养殖品种的利润空间缩小，利润减少。因此，许多生产者正在通过多样化生产来满足当地需求。一些农民也在通过减少商业水产饲料的投入和恢复更传统的堤岸作物养殖方式来减少集约化养殖，以优化投入成本和劳动力之间的权衡，更有效地管理风险。此外，当地数据分析显示，随着环境保护法规的生效，水产养殖生产发生了重大变化，鲤鱼的养殖面积大幅减少。
