Professor
Institute of Aquaculture Pathfoot Building, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
Professor of Aquatic Resources and Development , Environment Research Group. Specialist in aquatic resource development and capacity building. Track record in research and outreach with commercial and development partners in aquatic food security focus. Over thirty five years of experience in interdisciplinary research and education, significant proportion based in the region generating around £10 million income. Published over 150 academic papers and reviews; (h index 48; ~8000 citations). Supervised over 100 postgraduate student research projects, of which more than 20 have been PhD. Key role as coordinator and partner of interdisciplinary and intercultural research for development. Active EU project coordinator of research and support actions.
Integrated risk mapping and targetted snail control to support schistosomiasis elimination in Brazil and Cote d'Ivoire under future climate change
PI: Professor Rachel Norman
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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EURASTIP - Promoting Multi-Stakeholder Contributions to International Cooperation on Sustainable Solutions for Aquaculture Development in South-East Asia
PI: Professor Dave Little
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
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Improving local management of tropical coastal resources in the face of climate change for economic wellbeing of local and vulnerable communittees
PI: Professor Sonia Rey Planellas
Funded by: The British Council
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Aquaculture carrying capacity and water quality management in Indonesian reservoirs and lakes
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Funded by: Institute of International Education
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Enabling the exploitation of insects as a sustainable source of protein .....
PI: Professor Dave Little
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
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Genetic management of Mexican tilapia germ plasm
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Funded by: The British Council
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Study on the Potential of Aquaculture in ACP countries
PI: Professor Dave Little
Funded by: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation
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Sustainable trade in ethical aquaculture.
PI: Professor Dave Little
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
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Project to identify possible sources of under-utilised fisheries by-products for the
PI: Professor Dave Little
Funded by: International Fishmeal and Fish Oil Organisation
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Enhancing the Impacts of Decentralised Seed Production Implementation of Innovation Challenge Fund Project
PI: Professor Dave Little
Funded by: WorldFish Center
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SARNISSA Sustainable Aquaculture Research Networks in Sub Saharan Africa
PI: Professor Dave Little
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
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Asia Internship Project
PI: Professor Dave Little
Funded by: Asian Institute of Technology
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Assessment of proposals for commercially viable tropical sea cucumber culture (holothuria scabra) in Thailand and the potential for co-culture to reduce environmental impacts of
PI: Professor Dave Little
Funded by: The British Council
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Promoting Sustainable high quality river catfish seed Production in Vietnam
PI: Professor Dave Little
Funded by: The British Council
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Managing Agrochemicals
PI: Professor Dave Little
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
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Article
Li S, Ang SY, Hunter AM, Erdem S, Bostock J, Da CT, Nguyen NT, Moss A, Hope W, Howie C, Newton R, Casteleiro MA & Little D Building towards One Health: An Interdisciplinary Autoethnographic Approach to Understand Perceptions of Sustainable Aquatic Foods in Vietnam. Sustainability.
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Aslan IH, Pourtois JD, Chamberlin AJ, Mitchell KR, Mari L, Lwiza KM, Wood CL, Mordecai EA, Yu A, Tuan R, Palasio RGS, Monteiro AMV, Little DC, Ozretich RW & Norman R (2024) Re-assessing thermal response of schistosomiasis transmission risk: Evidence for a higher thermal optimum than previously predicted. Coffeng LE (Editor) PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18 (6), Art. No.: e0011836. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011836
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Wild fish consumption can balance nutrient retention in farmed fish
Willer DF, Newton R, Malcorps W, Kok B, Little D, Lofstedt A, de Roos B & Robinson JPW (2024) Wild fish consumption can balance nutrient retention in farmed fish. Nature Food, 5, pp. 221-229. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-00932-z
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Kaminski AM, Pounds AM, McAdam B, Bostock J, Opiyo MA & Little DC (2024) Growing smaller fish for inclusive markets? Increasing stocking density and shortening the production cycle of Nile tilapia in cages on Lake Victoria. Aquaculture, 581, p. 740319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2023.740319
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Kaminski AM, Cole SM, Johnson J, Thilsted SH, Lundeba M, Genschick S & Little DC (2024) Smallholder aquaculture diversifies livelihoods and diets thus improving food security status: evidence from northern Zambia. Agriculture & Food Security, 13 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-023-00452-2
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Ara G, Little DC, Mamun A, De Roos B, Grieve E, Khanam M, Hasan SMT, Ireen S, Dilruba S, Bushra Boitchi A, Dijkhuizen MA, Ahmed T & Roos N (2023) Factors affecting the micronutrient status of adolescent girls living in complex agro-aquatic ecological zones of Bangladesh. Scientific Reports, 13, Art. No.: 6631. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33636-8
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Bunting SW, Bostock J, Leschen W & Little DC (2023) Evaluating the potential of innovations across aquaculture product value chains for poverty alleviation in Bangladesh and India. Frontiers in Aquaculture, 2. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/faquc.2023.1111266/full; https://doi.org/10.3389/faquc.2023.1111266
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Life Cycle Inventories of marine ingredients
Newton RW, Maiolo S, Malcorps W & Little DC (2023) Life Cycle Inventories of marine ingredients. Aquaculture, 565, Art. No.: 739096. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.739096
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Seafood in Food Security: A Call for Bridging the Terrestrial-Aquatic Divide
Stetkiewicz S, Norman RA, Allison EH, Coffee P, Crumlish M, Eltholth M, Falconer L, Kaminski AM, Leschen W, McAdam B, Newton R, Pounds A, Schapper A, Young JA & Little DC (2022) Seafood in Food Security: A Call for Bridging the Terrestrial-Aquatic Divide. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5, Art. No.: 703152. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.703152
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Aquaculture will continue to depend more on land than sea
Zhang W, Belton B, Edwards P, Henriksson PJ, Little DC, Newton R & Troell M (2022) Aquaculture will continue to depend more on land than sea. Nature, 603, pp. E2-E4. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04331-3
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Murray FJ & Little DC (2022) Rural Consumer Preferences for Inland Fish and Their Substitutes in the Dry-Zone of Sri Lanka and Implications for Aquaculture Development. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 6, Art. No.: 867701. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.867701
Review
Budhathoki M, Campbell D, Belton B, Newton R, Li S, Zhang W & Little D (2022) Factors Influencing Consumption Behaviour towards Aquatic Food among Asian Consumers: A Systematic Scoping Review. Foods, 11 (24), Art. No.: 4043. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11244043
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Wehry GJE, Little DC, Newton RW & Bostock JC (2022) The feasibility of underutilised biomass streams for the production of insect-based feed ingredients: The case for whisky by-products and Scottish farmed salmon. Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 9, Art. No.: 100520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clet.2022.100520
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Bostock J, Albalat A, Bunting S, Turner WA, Mensah AD & Little DC (2022) Mixed-sex Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) can perform competitively with mono-sex stocks in cage production. Aquaculture, 557, Art. No.: 738315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.738315
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The vital roles of blue foods in the global food system
Tigchelaar M, Leape J, Micheli F, Allison EH, Basurto X, Bennett A, Bush SR, Cao L, Cheung WWL, Crona B, DeClerck F, Fanzo J, Gelcich S, Gephart JA & Little DC (2022) The vital roles of blue foods in the global food system. Global Food Security, 33, Art. No.: 100637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2022.100637
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Kaminski AM, Little DC, Middleton L, Syapwaya M, Lundeba M, Johnson J, Huchzermeyer C & Thilsted SH (2022) The Role of Aquaculture and Capture Fisheries in Meeting Food and Nutrition Security: Testing a Nutrition-Sensitive Pond Polyculture Intervention in Rural Zambia. Foods, 11 (9), Art. No.: 1334. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11091334
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More Than Fish - Framing Aquatic Animals within Sustainable Food Systems
Pounds A, Kaminski AM, Budhathoki M, Gudbrandsen O, Kok B, Horn S, Malcorps W, Mamun A, McGoohan A, Newton R, Ozretich R & Little DC (2022) More Than Fish - Framing Aquatic Animals within Sustainable Food Systems. Foods, 11 (10), Art. No.: 1413. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11101413
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Horn SJ, Haque MM, Barman BK & Little DC (2022) Comparative juvenile performance assessment of genetically improved Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) under commercial conditions in Bangladesh. Aquaculture Research, 53 (3), pp. 832-842. https://doi.org/10.1111/are.15619
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Ozretich RW, Wood CL, Allan F, Koumi AR, Norman R, Brierley AS, De Leo GA & Little DC (2022) The Potential for Aquaculture to Reduce Poverty and Control Schistosomiasis in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) during an Era of Climate Change: A Systematic Review. Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture. https://doi.org/10.1080/23308249.2022.2039096
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A 20-Year Retrospective Review of Global Aquaculture
Naylor RL, Hardy RW, Buschmann AH, Bush SR, Cao L, Klinger DH, Little DC, Lubchenco J, Shumway SE & Troell M (2021) A 20-Year Retrospective Review of Global Aquaculture. Nature, 591, pp. 551-563. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03308-6
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Scenarios for global aquaculture and its role in human nutrition
Gephart JA, Golden CD, Asche F, Belton B, Brugere C, Froehlich HE, Fry JP, Halpern BS, Hicks CC, Jones RC, Klinger DH, Little DC, McCauley DJ, Thilsted SH, Troell M & Allison EH (2021) Scenarios for global aquaculture and its role in human nutrition. Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture, 29 (1), pp. 122-138. https://doi.org/10.1080/23308249.2020.1782342
Addendum
Naylor RL, Hardy RW, Buschmann AH, Bush SR, Cao L, Klinger DH, Little DC, Lubchenco J, Shumway SE & Troell M (2021) Author Correction: A 20-year retrospective review of global aquaculture (Nature, (2021), 591, 7851, (551-563), 10.1038/s41586-021-03308-6). Nature, 593, Art. No.: E12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03508-0
Addendum
Publisher Correction: A 20-year retrospective review of global aquaculture
Naylor RL, Hardy RW, Buschmann AH, Bush SR, Cao L, Klinger DH, Little DC, Lubchenco J, Shumway SE & Troell M (2021) Publisher Correction: A 20-year retrospective review of global aquaculture. Addendum to: Naylor, R.L., Hardy, R.W., Buschmann, A.H. et al. A 20-year retrospective review of global aquaculture. Nature, (2021), 591, 7851, (551-563), 10.1038/s41586-021-03308-6). Nature, 595, Art. No.: E36. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03736-4
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Harnessing the diversity of small-scale actors is key to the future of aquatic food systems
Short RE, Gelcich S, Little DC, Micheli F, Allison EH, Basurto X, Belton B, Brugere C, Bush SR, Cao L, Crona B, Cohen PJ, Defeo O, Edwards P & Kaminski AM (2021) Harnessing the diversity of small-scale actors is key to the future of aquatic food systems. Nature Food, 2 (9), pp. 733-741. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00363-0
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Blue Food Demand Across Geographic and Temporal Scales
Naylor RL, Kishore A, Sumaila UR, Issifu I, Hunter BP, Belton B, Bush SR, Cao L, Gelcich S, Gephart JA, Golden CD, Jonell M, Koehn JZ, Little DC, Thilsted SH, Tigchelaar M & Crona B (2021) Blue Food Demand Across Geographic and Temporal Scales. Nature Communications, 12, Art. No.: 5413. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25516-4
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Aquatic Foods to Nourish Nations
Golden CD, Koehn JZ, Shepon A, Passarelli S, Free CM, Viana DF, Matthey H, Eurich JG, Gephart JA, Fluet-Chouinard E, Nyboer EA, Lynch AJ, Kjellevold M, Bromage S & Little DC (2021) Aquatic Foods to Nourish Nations. Nature, 598, pp. 315-320. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03917-1
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Malcorps W, Newton RW, Sprague M, Glencross BD & Little DC (2021) Nutritional characterisation of European aquaculture processing by-products to facilitate strategic utilisation. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5, Art. No.: 720595. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.720595
Addendum
Author Correction: Blue food demand across geographic and temporal scales
Naylor RL, Kishore A, Sumaila UR, Issifu I, Hunter BP, Belton B, Bush SR, Cao L, Gelcich S, Gephart JA, Golden CD, Jonell M, Koehn JZ, Little DC, Thilsted SH, Tigchelaar M & Crona B (2021) Author Correction: Blue food demand across geographic and temporal scales. Nature Communications, 12 (1), Art. No.: 5799. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26063-8
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Export-driven, extensive coastal aquaculture can benefit nutritionally vulnerable people
Mamun A, Murray FJ, Sprague M, Mcadam BJ, Roos N, De Roos B, Pounds A & Little DC (2021) Export-driven, extensive coastal aquaculture can benefit nutritionally vulnerable people. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5, Art. No.: 713140. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.713140
Addendum
Short RE, Gelcich S, Little DC, Micheli F, Allison EH, Basurto X, Belton B, Brugere C, Bush SR, Cao L, Crona B, Cohen PJ, Defeo O, Edwards P & Kaminski AM (2021) Author Correction: Harnessing the diversity of small-scale actors is key to the future of aquatic food systems (Nature Food, (2021), 2, 9, (733-741), 10.1038/s43016-021-00363-0). Nature Food, 2, Art. No.: 828. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00396-5
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Malcorps W, Newton RW, Maiolo S, Eltholth M, Zhu C, Zhang W, Li S, Tlusty M & Little DC (2021) Global Seafood Trade: Insights in Sustainability Messaging and Claims of the Major Producing and Consuming Regions. Sustainability, 13 (21), Art. No.: 11720. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132111720
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Intensification, regulation and diversification: the changing face of inland aquaculture in China
Newton R, Zhang W, Xian Z, McAdam B & Little DC (2021) Intensification, regulation and diversification: the changing face of inland aquaculture in China. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 50 (9), pp. 1739-1756. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01503-3
Newspaper Article
How fish can still be part of a more sustainable food future
Little DC & Newton R (2021) How fish can still be part of a more sustainable food future. The Conversation. 22.09.2021.
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Regueiro L, Newton R, Soula M, Mendez D, Kok B, Little DC, Pastres R, Johansen J & Ferreira M (2021) Opportunities and limitations for the introduction of circular economy principles in EU aquaculture based on the regulatory framework. Journal of Industrial Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13188
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COVID-19 impacts and adaptations in Asia and Africa's aquatic food value chains
Belton B, Rosen L, Middleton L, Ghazali S, Mamun A, Shieh J, Noronha HS, Dhar G, Ilyas M, Price C, Nasr-Allah A, Elsira I, Baliarsingh BK, Bostock J & Little DC (2021) COVID-19 impacts and adaptations in Asia and Africa's aquatic food value chains. Marine Policy, 129, Art. No.: 104523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104523
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Desbois AP, Garza M, Eltholth M, Hegazy YM, Mateus A, Adams A, Little DC, Høg E, Mohan CV, Ali SE & Brunton LA (2021) Systems-thinking approach to identify and assess feasibility of potential interventions to reduce antibiotic use in tilapia farming in Egypt. Aquaculture, 540, Art. No.: 736735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.736735
Letter
Managing aquaculture in multi-use freshwater bodies: the case of Jatiluhur reservoir
Taskov D, Telfer T, Bengtson D, Rice MA, Little DC & Murray F (2021) Managing aquaculture in multi-use freshwater bodies: the case of Jatiluhur reservoir. Environmental Research Letters, 16 (4), Art. No.: 044022. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abe009
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Emerging COVID-19 impacts, responses, and lessons for building resilience in the seafood system
Love DC, Allison EH, Asche F, Belton B, Cottrell RS, Froehlich HE, Gephart JA, Hicks CC, Little DC, Nussbaumer EM, Pinto da Silva P, Poulain F, Rubio A, Stoll JS & Tlusty MF (2021) Emerging COVID-19 impacts, responses, and lessons for building resilience in the seafood system. Global Food Security, 28, Art. No.: 100494. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100494
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Zacarias S, Fegan D, Wangsoontorn S, Yamuen N, Limakom T, Carboni S, Davie A, Metselaar M, Little DC & Shinn AP (2021) Increased robustness of postlarvae and juveniles from non-ablated Pacific whiteleg shrimp, Penaeus vannamei, broodstock post-challenged with pathogenic isolates of Vibrio parahaemolyticus (VpAHPND) and white spot disease (WSD). Aquaculture, 532, Art. No.: 736033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.736033
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Implementing aquaculture technology and innovation platforms in Asia
Bush SR, Pauwelussen A, Badia P, Kruk S, Little DC, Luong LT, Newton R, Nhan DT, Rahman MM, Sorgeloos P & Sung YY (2021) Implementing aquaculture technology and innovation platforms in Asia. Aquaculture, 530, Art. No.: 735822. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735822
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Integrating insect frass biofertilisers into sustainable peri-urban agro-food systems
Quilliam R, Nuku-Adeku C, Maquart P, Little DC, Newton R & Murray F (2020) Integrating insect frass biofertilisers into sustainable peri-urban agro-food systems. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 6 (3), pp. 315 - 322. https://doi.org/10.3920/JIFF2019.0049
Article
Farming fish in the sea will not nourish the world
Belton B, Little DC, Zhang W, Edwards P, Skladany M & Thilsted SH (2020) Farming fish in the sea will not nourish the world. Nature Communications, 11, Art. No.: 5804. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19679-9
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de Roos B, Roos N, Ara G, Ahmed T, Mamun A, Sneddon AA, Murray F, Grieve E & Little DC (2020) Linkages of agroecosystems producing farmed seafood on food security, nutritional status and adolescent health in Bangladesh. Maternal and Child Nutrition, 16 (S3), Art. No.: e13017. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13017
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Kok B, Malcorps W, Tlusty MF, Eltholth MM, Auchterlonie NA, Little DC, Harmsen R, Newton RW & Davies SJ (2020) Fish as feed: Using economic allocation to quantify the Fish in : Fish out ratio of major fed aquaculture species. Aquaculture, 528, Art. No.: 735474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735474
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A review of inclusive business models and their application in aquaculture development
Kaminski AM, Kruijssen F, Cole SM, Beveridge MCM, Dawson C, Mohan CV, Suri S, Karim M, Chen OL, Phillips MJ, Downing W, Weirowski F, Genschick S, Tran N, Rogers W & Little DC (2020) A review of inclusive business models and their application in aquaculture development. Reviews in Aquaculture, 12 (3), pp. 1881-1902. https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12415
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Fishing for feed in China: Facts, impacts and implications
Zhang W, Liu M, Sadovy de Mitcheson Y, Cao L, Leadbitter D, Newton R, Little DC, Li S, Yang Y, Chen X & Zhou W (2020) Fishing for feed in China: Facts, impacts and implications. Fish and Fisheries, 21 (1), pp. 47-62. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12414
Research Report
Farmed fish welfare practices: salmon farming as a case study
Rey S, Little DC & Ellis M (2019) Farmed fish welfare practices: salmon farming as a case study. Global Aquaculture Alliance. Global Aquaculture Alliance. https://www.aquaculturealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/FarmedFishWelfarePractices_26_May_2020.pdf
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Reframing the sustainable seafood narrative
Tlusty MF, Tyedmers P, Bailey M, Ziegler F, Henriksson PJG, Bene C, Bush S, Newton R, Asche F, Little DC, Troell M & Jonell M (2019) Reframing the sustainable seafood narrative. Global Environmental Change, 59, Art. No.: 101991. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.101991
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de Roos B, Roos N, Mamun A, Ahmed T, Sneddon AA, Murray F, Grieve E & Little DC (2019) Linking agroecosystems producing farmed seafood with food security and health status to better address the nutritional challenges in Bangladesh. Public Health Nutrition, 22 (16), pp. 2941-2949. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980019002295
Research Report
Farmed fish welfare practices: salmon farming as a case study
Rey Planellas S, Ellis M & Little DC (2019) Farmed fish welfare practices: salmon farming as a case study [Salmon welfare]. Global Aquaculture Aliance. USA. https://www.aquaculturealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/FarmedFishWelfarePractices_26_May_2020.pdf
Article
Edwards P, Zhang W, Belton B & Little DC (2019) Misunderstandings, myths and mantras in aquaculture: Its contribution to world food supplies has been systematically over reported. Marine Policy, 106, Art. No.: 103547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2019.103547
Newspaper Article
Farmed salmon is now a staple in diets - but what they eat matters too
Little DC & Newton R (2019) Farmed salmon is now a staple in diets - but what they eat matters too. The Conversation. 11.06.2019.
Article
Will fish be part of future healthy and sustainable diets?
Bogard JR, Farmery AK, Little DC, Fulton EA & Cook M (2019) Will fish be part of future healthy and sustainable diets?. The Lancet Planetary Health, 3 (4), pp. e159-e160. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2542-5196%2819%2930018-x
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Zacarias S, Carboni S, Davie A & Little DC (2019) Reproductive performance and offspring quality of non-ablated Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) under intensive commercial scale conditions. Aquaculture, 503, pp. 460-466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.01.018
Article
Assessment and communication of the toxicological risk of consuming shrimp in the EU
Newton R, Zhang W, Leaver M, Murray F & Little DC (2019) Assessment and communication of the toxicological risk of consuming shrimp in the EU. Aquaculture, 500, pp. 148-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.10.006
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Emerging trends in aquaculture value chain research
Bush SR, Belton B, Little DC & Islam MS (2019) Emerging trends in aquaculture value chain research. Aquaculture, 498, pp. 428-434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.08.077
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From seafood waste to active seafood packaging: An emerging opportunity of the circular economy
de la Caba K, Guerrero P, Trung TS, Cruz M, Kerry JP, Fluhr J, Maurer M, Kruijssen F, Albalat A, Bunting S, Burt S, Little DC & Newton R (2019) From seafood waste to active seafood packaging: An emerging opportunity of the circular economy. Journal of Cleaner Production, 208, pp. 86-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.09.164
Article
Sajali USBA, Atkinson NL, Desbois AP, Little DC, Murray FJ & Shinn AP (2019) Prophylactic properties of biofloc- or Nile tilapia-conditioned water against Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection of whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus vannamei). Aquaculture, 498, pp. 496-502. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.09.002
Commentary
Commentary: comparing efficiency in aquatic and terrestrial animal production systems
Tlusty M, Tyedmers P, Ziegler F, Jonell M, Henriksson P, Newton R, Little DC, Fry JP, Love D & Cao L (2018) Commentary: comparing efficiency in aquatic and terrestrial animal production systems. Commentary on: Fry J P, Mailloux N A, Love D C, Milli M C and Cao L 2018a Feed conversion efficiency in aquaculture: do we measure it correctly? Environ. Res. Lett. 13 24017. Environmental Research Letters, 13 (12), Art. No.: 128001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aae945
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Little DC, Young JA, Zhang W, Newton RW, Al Mamun A & Murray FJ (2018) Sustainable intensification of aquaculture value chains between Asia and Europe: A framework for understanding impacts and challenges. Aquaculture, 493, pp. 338-354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2017.12.033
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Mialhe F, Morales J, Dubuisson-Quellier S, Vagneron I, Dabbadie L & Little DC (2018) Global standardization and local complexity. A case study of an aquaculture system in Pampanga delta, Philippines. Aquaculture, 493, pp. 365-375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2017.09.043
Article
Mapping the impacts of farmed Scottish salmon from a Life Cycle perspective
Newton R & Little DC (2018) Mapping the impacts of farmed Scottish salmon from a Life Cycle perspective. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 23 (5), pp. 1018-1029. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-017-1386-8
Article
Stevens JR, Newton R, Tlusty M & Little DC (2018) The rise of aquaculture by-products: Increasing food production, value, and sustainability through strategic utilisation. Marine Policy, 90, pp. 115-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2017.12.027
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Not just for the wealthy: Rethinking farmed fish consumption in the Global South
Belton B, Bush SR & Little DC (2018) Not just for the wealthy: Rethinking farmed fish consumption in the Global South. Global Food Security, 16, pp. 85-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2017.10.005
Newspaper Article
Let them eat carp: Fish farms are helping to fight hunger
Belton B, Little DC & Bush SR (2018) Let them eat carp: Fish farms are helping to fight hunger. The Conversation. 08.03.2018. https://theconversation.com/let-them-eat-carp-fish-farms-are-helping-to-fight-hunger-90421
Article
Devic E, Leschen W, Murray F & Little DC (2018) Growth performance, feed utilisation and body composition of advanced nursing Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fed diets containing Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae meal. Aquaculture Nutrition, 24 (1), pp. 416-423. https://doi.org/10.1111/anu.12573
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Karim M & Little DC (2018) The impacts of integrated homestead pond-dike systems in relation to production, consumption and seasonality in central north Bangladesh. Aquaculture Research, 49 (1), pp. 313-334. https://doi.org/10.1111/are.13462
Article
Greedy or needy? Land use and climate impacts of food in 2050 under different livestock futures
Roos E, Bajzelj B, Smith P, Patel M, Little DC & Garnett T (2017) Greedy or needy? Land use and climate impacts of food in 2050 under different livestock futures. Global Environmental Change, 47, pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.09.001
Article
Zhang W, Murray F, Liu L & Little DC (2017) A comparative analysis of four internationally traded farmed seafood commodities in China: domestic and international markets as key drivers. Reviews in Aquaculture, 9 (2), pp. 157-178. https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12110
Article
Protein futures for Western Europe: potential land use and climate impacts in 2050
Roos E, Bajzelj B, Smith P, Patel M, Little DC & Garnett T (2017) Protein futures for Western Europe: potential land use and climate impacts in 2050. Regional Environmental Change, 17 (2), pp. 367-377. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-016-1013-4
Article
Opportunity for marine fisheries reform in China
Cao L, Chen Y, Dong S, Hanson A, Huang B, Leadbitter D, Little DC, Pikitch EK, Qiu Y, de Mitcheson YS, Sumaila UR, Williams M, Xue G, Ye Y & Zhang W (2017) Opportunity for marine fisheries reform in China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114 (3), pp. 435-442. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1616583114
Book Chapter
Aquaculture Technologies for Food Security
Little DC & Bunting SW (2016) Aquaculture Technologies for Food Security. In: Madramootoo C (ed.) Emerging Technologies for Promoting Food Security: Overcoming the World Food Crisis. Woodhead Publishing series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition. Cambridge: Elsevier, pp. 93-113. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9781782423355000056
Letter
Aquaculture: Are farmed fish just for the wealthy?
Belton B, Bush SR & Little DC (2016) Aquaculture: Are farmed fish just for the wealthy?. Nature, 538 (7624), p. 171. https://doi.org/10.1038/538171d
Conference Paper
Little DC, Newton R & Beveridge MCM (2016) Aquaculture: a rapidly growing and significant source of sustainable food? Status, transitions and potential. Conference on ‘The future of animal products in the human diet: health and environmental concerns’, Symposium 3: Alternatives to meat, Nottingham, 06.07.2015-09.07.2015. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 75 (3), pp. 274-286. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665116000665
Article
Wallace JL, Murray F & Little DC (2016) Effects of b-xylanase and 6-phytase on digestibility, trace mineral utilisation and growth in juvenile red tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) x O. mossambicus (Peters, 1852), fed declining fishmeal diets. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 32 (3), pp. 471-479. https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.13055
Article
Bene C, Arthur R, Arthur R, Norbury H, Allison EH, Beveridge MCM, Bush SR, Campling L, Little DC, Leschen W, Squires D, Thilsted SH, Troell M & Williams M (2016) Contribution of fisheries and aquaculture to food security and poverty reduction: assessing the current evidence. World Development, 79, pp. 177-196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.11.007
Research Report
Garnett T, Roos E & Little DC (2015) Lean, green, mean, obscene…? What is efficiency? And is it sustainable? Animal production and consumption reconsidered. Food Climate Research Network (FCRN). http://www.fcrn.org.uk/sites/default/files/fcrn_lmgo.pdf
Book Chapter
Urban aquaculture for resilient food systems
Bunting SW & Little DC (2015) Urban aquaculture for resilient food systems. In: de Zeeuw H & Drechsel P (eds.) Cities and Agriculture: Developing Resilient Urban Food Systems. Earthscan and Agriculture Series. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 312-335. http://www.ruaf.org/publications/cities-and-agriculture-developing-resilient-urban-food-systems
Research Report
Roberts CA, Newton R, Bostock J, Prescott S, Honey DJ, Telfer T, Walmsley SF, Little DC & Hull SC (2015) A Risk Benefit Analysis of Mariculture as a means to Reduce the Impacts of Terrestrial Production of Food and Energy. Scottish Aquaculture Research Forum; World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) SARF Project Reports, SARF106. Scottish Aquaculture Research Forum. http://www.sarf.org.uk/cms-assets/documents/232492-618987.sarf106.pdf
Article
Comparison of Asian Aquaculture Products by Use of Statistically Supported Life Cycle Assessment
Henriksson PJG, Rico A, Zhang W, Ahmad-Al-Nahid S, Newton R, Phan LT, Zhang Z, Jaithiang J, Dao HM, Phu TM, Little DC, Murray F, Satapornvanit K, Liu L & Liu Q (2015) Comparison of Asian Aquaculture Products by Use of Statistically Supported Life Cycle Assessment. Environmental Science and Technology, 49 (24), pp. 14176-14183. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b04634
Article
Newton R, Telfer T & Little DC (2014) Perspectives on the Utilization of Aquaculture Coproduct in Europe and Asia: Prospects for Value Addition and Improved Resource Efficiency. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 54 (4), pp. 495-510. https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2011.588349
Book Chapter
Borg M, Little DC, Telfer T & Price C (2014) Scoping the potential role of aquaponics in addressing challenges posed by the food-water-energy nexus using the Maltese Islands as a case-study. In: Blok C, van Os E & Voogt W (eds.) International Symposium on Growing Media and Soilless Cultivation. ISHS Acta Horticulturae, 1034. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), pp. 163-168. http://www.actahort.org/books/1034/1034_19.htm
Article
Impacts of decentralized fish fingerling production in irrigated ricefields in Northwest Bangladesh
Haque MM, Little DC, Barman BK, Wahab MA & Telfer T (2014) Impacts of decentralized fish fingerling production in irrigated ricefields in Northwest Bangladesh. Aquaculture Research, 45 (4), pp. 655-674. https://doi.org/10.1111/are.12000
Conference Paper
Devic E, Little DC, Leschen W & Jauncey K (2013) Modeling the substitution of fishmeal by maggot-meal in Tilapia feeds - case of a commercial production farm in West Africa. Hulata G (Editor) 10th International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture - ISTA10, Jerusalem, Israel, 06.10.2013-10.10.2016. Israeli Journal of Aquaculture -Bamidgeh, p. 1054. http://www.siamb.org.il/Content_siamb/editor/ista10.2013.1054.Devic.pdf
Article
Certify sustainable aquaculture?
Bush SR, Belton B, Hall D, Vandergeest P, Murray F, Ponte S, Oosterveer P, Islam MS, Mol APJ, Hatanaka M, Kruijssen F, Ha TTT, Little DC & Kusumawati R (2013) Certify sustainable aquaculture?. Science, 341 (6150), pp. 1067-1068. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1237314
Article
Watterson A, Little DC, Young J, Murray F, Doi L, Boyd K & Azim E (2012) Scoping a Public Health Impact Assessment of Aquaculture with Particular Reference to Tilapia in the UK. ISRN Public Health, 2012, Article ID: 203796. http://www.isrn.com/journals/ph/2012/203796/; https://doi.org/10.5402/2012/203796
Article
Whitefish Wars: Pangasius, politics and consumer confusion in Europe
Little DC, Bush SR, Belton B, Phuong NT, Young J & Murray F (2012) Whitefish Wars: Pangasius, politics and consumer confusion in Europe. Marine Policy, 36 (3), pp. 738-745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2011.10.006
Article
The social relations of catfish production in Vietnam
Belton B, Little DC & Sinh LX (2011) The social relations of catfish production in Vietnam. Geoforum, 42 (5), pp. 567-577. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2011.02.008
Article
Immanent and Interventionist Inland Asian Aquaculture Development and its Outcomes
Belton B & Little DC (2011) Immanent and Interventionist Inland Asian Aquaculture Development and its Outcomes. Development Policy Review, 29 (4), pp. 459-484. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7679.2011.00542.x
Article
Barman BK & Little DC (2011) Use of hapas to produce Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) seed in household foodfish ponds: A participatory trial with small-scale farming households in Northwest Bangladesh. Aquaculture, 317 (1-4), pp. 214-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.04.005
Article
Certifying catfish in Vietnam and Bangladesh: Who will make the grade and will it matter?
Belton B, Haque MM, Little DC & Sinh LX (2011) Certifying catfish in Vietnam and Bangladesh: Who will make the grade and will it matter?. Food Policy, 36 (2), pp. 289-299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2010.11.027
Article
Karim M, Little DC, Kabir MS, Verdegem M, Telfer T & Wahab MA (2011) Enhancing benefits from polycultures including tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) within integrated pond-dike systems: A participatory trial with households of varying socio-economic level in rural and pen-urban areas of Bangladesh. Aquaculture, 314 (1-4), pp. 225-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.01.027
Article
Aquaculture: Global status and trends
Bostock J, McAndrew B, Richards R, Jauncey K, Telfer T, Lorenzen K, Little DC, Ross L, Handisyde N, Gatward I & Corner R (2010) Aquaculture: Global status and trends. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 365 (1554), pp. 2897-2912. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0170
Conference Proceeding
Growing the wealth of aquaculture
Muir J, Little DC, Young J & Bostock J (2010) Growing the wealth of aquaculture. In: Advancing the aquaculture agenda: Workshop proceedings. Advancing the Aquaculture Agenda: Policies to Ensure a Sustainable Aquaculture Sector, Paris, 15.04.2010-16.04.2010. Paris, France: OECD Publishing, pp. 39-107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264088726-7-en
Book Review
Success stories in Asian aquaculture
Little DC (2010) Success stories in Asian aquaculture. Review of:
edited by Sena S. De Silva and F. Brian Davy, Dordrecht: Springer, 2010, 214 pp. ISBN 978-90-481-3085-6. Aquaculture, 306 (1-4), pp. 24-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.05.013
Article
Haque MM, Little DC, Barman BK & Wahab MA (2010) The adoption process of ricefield-based fish seed production in Northwest Bangladesh: An understanding through quantitative and qualitative investigation. Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 16 (2), pp. 161-177. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=yv4JPVwI&eid=2-s2.0-79958015688&md5=d604410c64516fa8dc295267026931bc; https://doi.org/10.1080/13892241003651415
Article
Karapanagiotidis IT, Yakupitiyage A, Little DC, Bell M & Mente E (2010) The nutritional value of lipids in various tropical aquatic animals from rice-fish farming systems in northeast Thailand. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 23 (1), pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2009.08.001
Article
Passing the Panda Standard: A TAD Off the Mark?
Belton B, Murray F, Young J, Telfer T & Little DC (2010) Passing the Panda Standard: A TAD Off the Mark?. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 39 (1), pp. 2-13. http://www.springerlink.com/content/0044-7447/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-009-0009-4
Article
Growing Green: the emergent role of non-tilapia attributes in marketing tilapia
Young J, Little DC, Watterson A, Murray F, Boyd K, Leschen W & Kodithuwakku S (2010) Growing Green: the emergent role of non-tilapia attributes in marketing tilapia. Aquaculture Economics and Management, 14 (1), pp. 63-79. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t716100763; https://doi.org/10.1080/13657300903566886
Book Chapter
Sustaining ethical trade in farmed aquatic products between Asia and the EU
Little DC, Murray F, Telfer T, Young J, Ross L, Hill B, Dalsgaard A, van den Brink PJ, Guinee J, Kleijn R, Mungkung R, Yi Y, Min J, Liping L & Huanan L (2009) Sustaining ethical trade in farmed aquatic products between Asia and the EU. In: Millar K, Hobson WP & Nerlich B (eds.) Ethical Futures: Bioscience and Food Horizons. Wageningen, The Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers, pp. 226-231. http://www.wageningenacademic.com/default.asp?pageid=8&docid=16&artdetail=Eursafe2009&getwgfilters=true
