2025

Garibay-Yayen, J.B.B., Willer, D.F. (2025) Patterns, barriers, and drivers to the consumption of under-loved seafood species and parts in the United Kingdom. Appetite, 108196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2025.108196 

Khripko, D., Short, S.W., Petrovan, S.O., Aldridge, D.C., Bremner, J., Gomes, A.M., Willer, D.F. (2025) Exploring the boundaries of life cycle analysis in environmental hazard assessment. Journal of Cleaner Production, 518: 145903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145903 

Poon, J.R., Shipway, J.R., Willer, D.F. (2025) Naked Clams: A Comprehensive Analysis of Their Global Potential for Commercial Aquaculture. Reviews in Aquaculture, 17: e70033. https://doi.org/10.1111/RAQ.70033 

Newton, R.W., Malcorps, W., Robinson, J.P.W., Kok, B., Little, D.C., Lofstedt, A., de Roos, B., Willer, D.F. (2025) Fish as Feed: Using the nutrient Fish In: Fish Out ratio (nFIFO) to enhance nutrient retention in aquaculture. Aquaculture, 602, 742332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2025.742332

Willer, D.F., Short, S.W., Khripko, D., Bremner, J., Aldridge, D.C., Sutherland, W.J., Petrovan, S.O. (2025) Challenges and opportunities in leveraging an existing systematic evidence database for mitigating hazards to the global food system. Royal Society Open Science 12: 241645. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.241645 

Willer, D.F., Short, S.W., Khripko, D., Petrovan, S.O., Christie, A.P., Bremner, J., Sutherland, W.J., Aldridge, D.C. (2025). Mapping hazards to the global food system. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 197, 18 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-024-13475-4 

2024

Shipway, J.R., Tupper, M., Willer, D.F. (2024). Gross to Gourmet: A Social Media Analysis of Naked Clams as a Sustainable Delicacy. Food Frontiers. https://doi.org/10.1002/fft2.487 

Furse, S., Martel, C., Willer, D.F., Stabler, D., Fernandez-Twinn, D.S., Scott, J., Patterson-Cross, R., Watkins, A.J., Virtue, S., Prescott, T.A.K., Baker, E., Chennells, J., Vidal-Puig, A., Ozanne, S.E., Kite, G.C., Vitova, M., Chiarugi, D., Moncur, J., Koulman, A., Wright, G.A., Snowden, S.G., Stevenson. P.C. (2024). Systemic analysis of lipid metabolism from individuals to multi-organism systems. Molecular Omics. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4mo00083h 

Willer, D.F., Newton, R., Malcorps, W., Kok, B., Little, D., Lofstedt, A., de Roos, B., Robinson, J.P.W. (2024). Wild fish consumption can balance nutrient retention in farmed fish. Nature Food. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-00932-z  

McCarthy, A.H., Steadman, D., Richardson, H., Murphy, J., Benbow, S., Brian, J.I., Brooks, H., Costa-Domingo, G., Hazin, C., McOwen, C., Walker, J., Willer, D.F., Abdi, M., Auster, P.J., Bealey, R., Bensted-Smith, R., Broadburn, K., Carvalho, G., Collinson, T., Erinosho, B., Fabinyi, M., Febrica, S., Forbi, W.N., Garcia, S.M., Goad, D., Goldsworthy, L., Govan, H., Heaphy, C., Hiddink, J.G., Hosch, G., Kachelriess, D., Kinch, J., Lancaster, A.M.S.N., Le Manach, F., Matthews, T., Ortiz, A.M., Morgan, A., Motta, H., Murua, H., Namboothri, N., Ndiritu, E., Passfield, K., Pilcher, N.J., Portus, J.O., Rguez-Baron, J.M., Robertson, M., Sharma, A., Suazo, C.G., Tamini, L.L., Vilata-Simon, J., Mukherjee, N. (2024). Destructive fishing: An expert-driven definition and exploration of this quasi-concept. Conservation Letters. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13015 

Willer, D.F., Christie, A.P., Khripko, D., Bremner, J., Petrovan, S.O., Sutherland, W.J., Short, S.W., Aldridge, D.C. (2024). Fast tracking tool selection for sustainability decisions. Global Sustainability 1–40 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2024.21

2023

Willer, D. F., Aldridge, D. C., Mehrshahi, P., Papadopoulos, K. P., Archer, L., Smith, A. G., Lancaster, M., Strachan, A., & Shipway, J. R. (2023). Naked Clams to open a new sector in sustainable nutritious food production. npj Sustainable Agriculture 1, 4. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44264-023-00004-y

Willer, D.F., Aldridge, D.C. (2023). Enhancing domestic consumption to deliver food security in a volatile world. Global Sustainability, 6, E18. https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2023.17 

Gawel, J. P. F., Aldridge, D. C., & Willer, D. F. (2023). Barriers and drivers to increasing sustainable bivalve seafood consumption in a mass market economy. Food Frontiers, 00, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1002/fft2.282  

Willer, D.F., Aldridge, D.C., Gough, C., Kincaid, K. (2023) Small-scale octopus fishery operations enable environmentally and socioeconomically sustainable sourcing of nutrients under climate change. Nature Food, 4, 179-189 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00687-5

2022

Willer, D.F., Brian, J.I., Derrick, C.J., Walker, J., Benbow, S., Brooks, H., Hazin, C., McCarthy, A., Mukherjee, N., McOwen, C., Steadman, D. (2022). ‘Destructive fishing’—A ubiquitously used but vague term? Usage and impacts across academic research, media and policy. Fish and Fisheries, 2022;00:1–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12668

Willer, D.F., Robinson, J., Patterson, G. & Luyckx, K. (2022). Maximising sustainable nutrient production from coupled fisheries-aquaculture systems. PLOS Sustainability and Transformation 1(3): e0000005. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pstr.0000005

2021

Willer, D. F., Nicholls, R.J. & Aldridge, D. C. (2021). Opportunities and challenges for upscaled global bivalve seafood production. Nature Food, 2(12), 935-943. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00423-5 

Campanati, C.,  Willer, D.F., Schubert, S. & Aldridge, D.C. (2021). More fish, less waste, Blue Growth: sustainable intensification of aquaculture through nutrient recycling and circular economies. Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture. https://doi.org/10.1080/23308249.2021.1897520 

2020

Willer, D. F. & Aldridge, D. C. (2020). Sustainable bivalve farming can deliver food security in the tropics. Nature Food, 1(7): 384-388. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-020-0116-8 

Willer, D. F. & Aldridge, D. C. (2020). Vitamin bullets. Microencapsulated feeds to fortify shellfish and tackle human nutrient deficiencies. Frontiers in Nutrition, 7:102. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2020.00102

Willer, D. F., Furse, S. & Aldridge, D. C. (2020). Microencapsulated algal feeds as a sustainable replacement diet for broodstock in commercial bivalve aquaculture. Scientific Reports, 10:12577. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69645-0  

Willer, D. F. & Aldridge, D. C. (2020). From pest to profit - The potential of shipworms for sustainable aquaculture. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 4:575416. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2020.575416 

2019

Willer, D.F., & Aldridge, D. C. (2019). Microencapsulated diets to improve bivalve shellfish aquaculture for global food security. Global Food Security, 23, 64-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2019.04.007

Willer, D. F., Smith, K. & Aldridge, D. C. (2019). Matches and Mismatches Between Global Conservation Efforts and Global Conservation Priorities. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7, 297. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00297

Willer, D., & Aldridge, D. C. (2019). Microencapsulated diets to improve growth and survivorship in juvenile European flat oysters (Ostrea edulis). Aquaculture, 505, 256-262.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.02.072

2018

Fitch, A., Orland, C., Willer, D., Emilson, E., & Tanentzap, A. J. (2018). Feasting on terrestrial organic matter: Dining in a dark lake changes microbial decomposition. Global Change Biology, 24, 5110–5122.  https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14391

2017

Willer D, Aldridge DC. (2017). Microencapsulated diets to improve bivalve shellfish aquaculture.  Royal Society Open Science, 4, 171142. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171142

Interesting Stories

Mouth-watering recipes for Naked Clams. Financial Times. Click here

How can we catch less, but eat more fish and seafood. Financial Times. Click here

Are Naked Clams the future of food? The Naked Scientists. https://tinyurl.com/28e86475 

Shipworm fish fingers anyone? Science's answer to cod. The Times. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/meet-the-naked-clam-the-new-sustainable-seafood-76l78p3fl

Mackerel en croute? Britons are told to swap out salmon for wild fish in order to get essential nutrients. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13217797/Britons-eat-wild-fish-essential-nutrients.html

Naked Clams on air. Radio 4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001slw4

When the King is the warm-up act for Naked Clam aquaculture. Sky News. https://youtu.be/UN8J6Wfde9U?feature=shared

The healthiest way to eat salmon, the ‘chicken of the sea’. The Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/features/salmon-healthy-way-to-eat-chicken-of-the-sea/ 

Small-scale octopus fisheries can provide sustainable source of vital nutrients for tropical coastal communities. Cambridge University News. https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/small-scale-octopus-fisheries-can-provide-sustainable-source-of-vital-nutrients-for-tropical-coastal

Frozen food giants look to develop farmed shellfish products. The Fish Site. https://thefishsite.com/articles/frozen-food-giants-look-to-develop-farmed-shellfish-products-david-willer-cambridge 

Swap salmon for sardines to keep four million tonnes of fish in the sea. The Conversation https://theconversation.com/swap-salmon-for-sardines-to-keep-four-million-tonnes-of-fish-in-the-sea-177871

The world’s their fish finger. Cambridge University News. https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/fishfinger

Scientists supercharge shellfish to tackle vitamin deficiency in humans. Cambridge University News. https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-supercharge-shellfish-to-tackle-vitamin-deficiency-in-humans

The simple food that fights climate change. BBC. https://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/follow-the-food/the-simple-shellfish-that-fights-climate-change.html