I have something to admit to my colleagues.

I began a recent presentation at The Economist World Ocean Summit with the words; “The population is expected to reach 9.7 billion human beings by 2050 and will require unprecedented levels of food production and security.”

Gulp.

I know, I know. It is not something I am proud of, and I feel I need to explain.

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But first, context. You see -- and I apologize in advance to the 153 seafood execs who have used the same phrase in their seafood conference presentation this year -- it is a running joke in the Intrafish editorial department that this statement is still somehow deemed newsworthy.

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