Increasing fish consumption for better health - are we being advised to eat more of an inherently unsustainable protein?

Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 438-442

  Mitchell, M ^a  

^a Young's Seafood and Findus Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Consumption; Fishing; Overfishing; Seafood; Sustainable

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755126919     PISSN: 14719827     EISSN: 14673010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-3010.2011.01926.x     Document Type: Article

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