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Sustainable bivalve farming can deliver food security in the tropics

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Bivalve shellfish represent a nutritious and low-impact food source that is underutilized. New innovations in production in this sector could fulfil the protein needs of nearly one billion people in the most vulnerable global regions.

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Fig. 1: Potential for bivalve coastline production in the tropics.

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