"Presenting a wealth of details on aquaculture in the global South, Confronting the Blue Revolution is an interesting read on a very relevant and controversial issue." -- Peter J.M. Oosterveer, Associate Professor of Environmental Policy, Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University, Netherlands "Weaving together complex debates on the food system, development, and global governance in an original and insightful way, Confronting the Blue Revolution is a carefully written, detailed, and articulate study. Professor Islam provides us with important insights into industrialization and standardization of food production and processing and into the patterns and impacts of local and regional integration into global markets." -- Mustafa Koc, Department of Sociology and Centre for Studies in Food Security, Ryerson University

Like the Green Revolution of the 1960s, a “Blue Revolution” has taken place in global aquaculture. Geared towards quenching the appetite of privileged consumers in the global North, it has come at a high price for the South: ecological devastation, displacement of rural subsistence farmers, and labour exploitation. The uncomfortable truth is that food security for affluent consumers depends on a foundation of social and ecological devastation in the producing countries.

In Confronting the Blue Revolution, Md Saidul Islam uses the shrimp farming industry in Bangladesh and across the global South to show the social and environmental impact of industrialized aquaculture. The book pushes us to reconsider our attitudes to consumption patterns in the developed world, neoliberal environmental governance, and the question of sustainability.