Summary
Blue foods, sourced in aquatic environments, are important for the economies, livelihoods, nutritional security and cultures of people in many nations. They are often nutrient rich<sup>1</sup>, generate lower emissions and impacts on land and water than many terrestrial meats<sup>2</sup>, and contribute to the health<sup>3</sup>, wellbeing and livelihoods of many rural communities<sup>4</sup>. The Blue Food Assessment recently evaluated nutritional, environmental, economic and justice dimensions of blue foods globally. Here we integrate these findings and translate them into four policy objectives to help realize the contributions that blue foods can make to national food systems around the world: ensuring supplies of critical nutrients, providing healthy alternatives to terrestrial meat,
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