Environmental Metrics (Fish)

Prize Designs Feeding the Next Billion
#1

In order to ensure that we set audacious but achievable goals in this prize competition, we need to both establish a baseline for conventional fish production and know how plant- and cell-based fish alternatives are currently performing.

As you can see in the chart below, there are a number of gaps (the red dots) in our research, which we hope the community can fill in.

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For alternatives, we’re missing the following environmental metrics:

  • The impact on deforestation of conventional fish, both farm raised and wild caught.
  • The impact on greenhouse gas emissions (CHG), deforestation, water use, water pollution and energy for plant-based fish alternatives.
  • The impact on water pollution for cell-based fish alternatives.

We’d appreciate any guidance you can provide in order to help us establish these metrics!

#2

@rbeelman and @eatcleaner, would you be able to help us with the missing metrics?

#3

Hi Nick, I’m not sure I can weigh in on specifics regarding the missing info here as I don’t have expertise in those categories.

#4

Understood. Thank you for taking a look anyway, @eatcleaner!

#5

@LorinFries, @Isabellargandic, perhaps you’re able to answer some of these questions for us, or point us in the right direction?

#6

@Erika, @rezaovissi and @seasonallyfresh, I’d like to bring this to your attention as well. If you have any insight on this topic, we’d love to hear it! Thanks.