Op-Ed: Systems Approach Is Key to Managing Seafood Sustainability'S Moving Pieces

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When it comes to climate change, the US seafood industry has a "very low leverage" to influence policy, according to a new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts.

And that's especially true when it comes to climate-change-related issues, such as seafood's role in the acidification of the oceans.

"The metrics for success, meanwhile, to focus on when trying to address a low-leverage issue like climate change should reward learning, experimentation, and innovative development," the report states.

In other words, the seafood industry needs to develop new models to influence climate policy and reduce the threats and volatility climate change brings to seafood.

The US seafood industry accounts for about 6% of the world's total greenhouse gas emissions and is one of the biggest sources of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the Guardian reports.

According to the report, the industry has taken steps to reduce its impact on the environment, but they haven't been enough.

For example, the industry's goal of reducing emissions by 30% by 2020 falls short of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, which include measures to reduce the climate impact of internal operations.

"The seafood industry and the sustainable seafood system currently have very low leverage to impact global climate change," the report states.

"If

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