May 20, 4 pm EDT
China: the elephant in the room
“By 2030, 40 percent of the world’s seafood will be consumed by China, yet nobody in this room knows a lot about China,” said James Anderson, a World Bank advisor who has authored a report called ‘Fish to 2030,’ from which he cited this data.
“Twenty years ago China wasn’t even on the map – this is the elephant in the room and we need to talk about it,” Anderson said.
China’s appetite for seafood has struck fear in the hearts of many western businesses, given the reputation of Chinese consumers not caring about the sustainability of what they eat.
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