Zhu, Yiou and Ho, Quang Tri and Robinson, James P.W. and Kjellevold, Marian and Chang, Ruirong and Fuglebakk, Edvin and Ma, Jianmin and Song, Shijie and Dahl, Lisbeth and Nøstbakken, Ole Jakob and Markhus, Maria W. and Nilsen, Bente M. and Kögel, Tanja and Lundebye, Anne-Katrine and Azad, Atabak M. and Uzomah, Abimbola and Kolding, Jeppe and Lien, Vidar S. and Wiech, Martin and Zhang, Yanxu and Maage, Amund and Frøyland, Livar and Bank, Michael S. (2025) Global marine fish trade networks track international pathways of nutrients and contaminants. Eco-Environment and Health. p. 100218. ISSN 2772-9850 (In Press)
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Marine fish trade globalizes nutrients and contaminants. Using trade data, human demographic information, and nutrient and contaminant exposure data, the estimated direct consumption of traded fish from Northeast Atlantic Ocean (NEAO) catches varied among 155 importer countries/regions. The associated trade pathways globalised high amounts of important nutrients including iodine, selenium, and eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid (EPA+DHA) and contributed greatly to annual domestic EPA+DHA requirements for small-population importers (e.g., Lithuania: 62.8%) but not for high-population importers (e.g., Chinese mainland). Traded amounts of mercury, dioxin, and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (dl-PCBs) from the NEAO fish were low, and associated pathway contributions to total domestic mercury exposures were