4.3.2—Human aquatic food consumption
- Syllabus
- First assessment 2026
- Objective
- 4.3.2
- Level
- HL
Build a Complete Aquatic Food Example
A useful aquatic-food example names the organism, freshwater or marine setting, production method and scale of use.
Separate flora (plants/algae) from fauna (fish, molluscs, crustaceans), and wild capture from farming. This makes the ecological and social pathway testable.
Hand-harvested dulse is regional marine flora food; farmed freshwater tilapia is fauna produced and traded widely.
A complete food example states whether the organism is flora or fauna, freshwater or marine, wild-caught or farmed, and local or globally traded.
A named species is not enough; include how and where it enters the food system.