Seafood for the Future has compiled some seafood-related resources to support your education and outreach efforts.
Designed by Grant Higa and Yuki Mori in collaboration with the Aquarium of the Pacific’s Seafood for the Future program Credit: © 2017 Designmatters at ArtCenter College of Design, designed by Grant Higa and Yuki Mori
Seafood for the Future has produced and collected a variety of resources to educate public and stakeholder audiences about responsible seafood and its role in a more nutritious, sustainable, equitable, and resilient food supply. We’ve compiled some of the ‘greatest hits’ in a series of topical toolkits to help make selection of materials easier. We invite you to leverage all of these resources to learn more and educate your audiences and responsible seafood.
Check out our Education Resource Spreadsheet for a full list of education resources. Filter by type of resource including video, fact sheet, story map, and more. Also, explore videos about responsible seafood on our YouTube Channel.
If you are a teacher looking for lesson plans to use in your classroom, check out BRIDGE Ocean Education and PBS LearningMedia.
Explore university, K-12, industry training, and informal aquaculture education opportunities in the Aquaculture Education Opportunities Spreadsheet.
Select one of the topics below to skip to the toolkit of your choice. Each toolkit features resources in the form of videos, fact sheets, and more relating to a specific seafood topic. There is also a list of additional resources, including a list of peer reviewed literature and resources to help educators to build their own understanding of the issue. Please review credit information for each item carefully and attribute credit as appropriate when using and sharing these resources.
Credit: Santa Barbara Mariculture
Responsibly produced seafood can play an important role in supporting a more sustainable and resilient food supply that makes healthy and nutritious food available to everyone.
Credit: Seafood for the Future
Responsible seafood is a nutritious source of healthy protein, fats, and essential vitamins and nutrients that provide a number of health benefits.
Credit: Ocean Approved
Producing more food in the ocean (through responsible wild capture fisheries and seafood farming) can help build a food system that is more resilient to the impacts of climate change.
Credit: Remy Hale, Hog Island Oyster Co.
Some types of seafood farming can provide ecosystem services that benefit local wildlife and ecosystems.
Credit: NOAA Fisheries
Explore the technological and innovative advancements underway to ensure we can maximize the environmental, health, and economic benefits of seafood while minimizing the risks.
Credit: Taylor Shellfish
Responsible seafood production should follow laws and policies that are based on appropriate science and designed to maximize benefits to society and the environment while minimizing the risks.
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