By 2050 the world population may reach ten billion people. All these people have the right to healthy and nutritious food. The ocean has the potential to supply a substantial part of the world's future need for food.

The Norwegian Government is calling for higher priority to be given to fisheries and aquaculture in efforts to improve global food security.

Norway will establish a Global Action Network on Sustainable Food from the Ocean for Food Security and Nutrition which is a direct follow-up of the Sustainable Development Goals and the UN General Assembly Resolution No. 70/259 on the proclamation of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition 2016-2025. Sustainable, resilient food systems for healthy diets is recognized as one of six action areas in the Nutrition Decades work programme. Sustainable food from the ocean contributes to food security and nutrition, high quality protein, micronutrients and fatty acids as well as income and livelihoods for local communities.