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MOST TABLE FISH IS FARMED. "In the last 20 years, the production of fish through aquaculture has grown exponentially, while marine fish catches have leveled off. Unless it’s an extraordinary year for marine fishing, in 2013 the lines will cross, and the majority of the fish we eat will come from aquaculture rather than oceans."" " http://lnkd.in/dCZUXWp View in LinkedIn

LOOTING THE SEAS."Nearly 50 countries that trade in high-priced Eastern Atlantic Bluefin Tuna agreed Saturday (2013) to transform an archaic paper-based method for tracking fish into a digitalized system that officials say will make it harder for fleets to smuggle plundered bluefin into market." Read the findings of a dedicated group" "Of journalists who exposed decades of fraud behind the lucrative bluefin tuna market."" " http://lnkd.in/dQMfEsK View in LinkedIn

FISHING IS NOT MANAGED. "More than 85 percent of the world's fisheries have been pushed to or beyond their biological limits and are in need of strict management plans to restore them."" " http://lnkd.in/dqtsKvq View in LinkedIn

SYNTHETIC MEAT FACTORIES and startups. Expect to see more in the future. This giant social experiment is both inevitable and timely. " " http://lnkd.in/dT6VG5Chttp://lnkd.in/dtFYnNs View in LinkedIn

KLEINER PERKINS VC AND TWITTER BILLIONAIRES have "invested in a firm called Beyond Meat, formerly known as Savage River Farms, which produces a plant-based chicken substitute. Other investors include Twitter co-founders Biz Stone and Ev Williams. “We have to find a way to replace animals as a source of protein,” said Kleiner Partner Amol Deshpande in an earlier interview. “I don’t think the climate can subsist … with the amount of livestock that we have.”" " http://lnkd.in/dwxu9XP View in LinkedIn

PAYPAL BILLIONAIRE IN BIO-MEAT. "Paypal co-founder and early Facebook backer Thiel's investment in lab-grown meat was very similar: His philanthropic venture Breakout Labs made a grant to a company called Modern Meadow that creates leather and food via tissue engineering in 2012. Breakout Labs focuses its giving on "radical" research at early-stage companies that are less attractive to traditional sources like venture capitalists and federal funding."" " http://lnkd.in/dk47CgE View in LinkedIn

BILL GATES INTERESTED IN PLANT-BASED MEAT. "The farm-to-table process hasn't changed much over the last 100 years. Innovation in this sector has tremendous market potential. I tasted Beyond Meat's chicken alternative and was impressed. I couldn't tell the difference between Beyond Meat and real chicken. We're just at the beginning of enormous innovation in this space...this makes me very optimistic." (Bill Gates). " " http://mobile.thegatesnotes.com/features/future-of-food View in LinkedIn

SEVERAL BILLIONAIRES and prominent VC companies have made recent investments in synthetic bio-meat, spurred by the recent proof-of-concept backed by a Google billionaire. Suddenly the kitchen is getting hot, after 2000 years of food innovation stagnation. View in LinkedIn

EXOTIC LAB MEAT. "In-Vitro Meat will be fashioned from any creature, not just domestics that were affordable to farm. Yes, ANY ANIMAL, even rare beasts like snow leopard, or Komodo Dragon. We will want to taste them all. Some researchers believe we will also be able to create IVM using the DNA of extinct beasts -- obviously, "DinoBurgers" will be served at every six-year-old boy's birthday party."" " http://lnkd.in/dWmwJkB View in LinkedIn

WORLD OBESITY RISE DUE TO CHANGING DIET. "The number of overweight and obese adults in the developing world has almost quadrupled to around one billion since 1980...this is due to changing diets and a shift from eating cereals and grains to the consumption of more fats, sugar, oils and animal produce. The report predicts a "huge increase" in heart attacks, strokes and diabetes. This is because consumption of fat, salt and sugar, which has increased globally according to the United Nations."" " http://lnkd.in/dymhrqT View in LinkedIn