Industrial rearing of edible insects could be a major source of new
biological invasions
- Alok Bang,
- Franck Courchamp
Abstract
The recent upsurge in the edible insect market has seen
industrialisation and intensification without adequate regulatory policy
guidelines in place. The species being reared and sold are often
non-native, in rearing centres not equipped to contain the species, and
in areas without regional or national pre-entry regulations, post-entry
monitoring guidelines and early response programs to address escapee
species. Such unregulated transport, trade and rearing of species,
compounded by the policy and implementation loopholes at the regional,
national and international levels will most likely lead to new
biological invasions, as has been witnessed with other unregulated trade
practices. To avoid this, it is necessary to monitor and regulate the
species to be reared, to improve the quarantine guidelines of the
rearing centres, and to be more stringent about the policies and
practices that allow movements of non-native species across
international borders.17 Sep 2020Submitted to Ecology Letters 18 Sep 2020Submission Checks Completed
18 Sep 2020Assigned to Editor
24 Sep 2020Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
28 Sep 2020Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
05 Oct 20201st Revision Received
06 Oct 2020Submission Checks Completed
06 Oct 2020Assigned to Editor
06 Oct 2020Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
06 Oct 2020Editorial Decision: Accept