Confronting the Blue Revolution : : Industrial Aquaculture and Sustainability in the Global South / / Saidul Islam.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Pilot 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Islam, Saidul,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 p.) :; 7 figures, 1 map
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables, Figures, and Boxes --; Acknowledgments --; Glossary of Terms and Acronyms --; 1. Introduction: Globalizing Food and Industrial Aquaculture --; 2. The Analytical Framework --; 3. Neoliberalism and the Emergence of the Blue Revolution in the Global South --; 4. The Blue Revolution and Environmental Dilemmas: Resistance and Response --; 5. International Environmental Regulation Regimes --; 6. Agrarian Transformation and Local Regulations --; 7. Gender and Employment Relations --; 8. Conclusion: Industrial Aquaculture, Future Trends, and Sustainability --; Appendix: Certification Schemes --; Notes --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781442665552; 9783110606812
• DOI: 10.3138/9781442665552
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Saidul Islam.

Like the Green Revolution of the 1960s, a "Blue Revolution" has taken place in global aquaculture. Geared towards quenching the appetite of privileged consumers in the global North, it has come at a high price for the South: ecological devastation, displacement of rural subsistence farmers, and labour exploitation. The uncomfortable truth is that food security for affluent consumers depends on a foundation of social and ecological devastation in the producing countries.In Confronting the Blue Revolution, Md Saidul Islam uses the shrimp farming industry in Bangladesh and across the global South to show the social and environmental impact of industrialized aquaculture. The book pushes us to reconsider our attitudes to consumption patterns in the developed world, neoliberal environmental governance, and the question of sustainability.