International Aquafeed - May | June 2016 FULL EDITION

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SystemsThe use of feed in RAS

- Aquaculture UK

technology ondisplay

- Larval culture ofPangasius in PuertoRico

- EXPERT TOPIC- Salmonids

- Innovation Nation- boosting theScottish economy

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CONTENTS: MAY/JUNE 2016 VOLUME 19 ISSUE 3

3 Industry News

34 Photoshoot

38 Expert Topic - Salmonids

58 Industry Events

72 The Market Place

74 The Aquafeed Interview

76 Industry Faces

REGULAR ITEMS

5 Ioannis Zabetakis

3 Antonio Garza de Yta

COLUMNS

18 Potential for European lobstermariculture

22 Mud crab farming in India

26 Larval culture of Pangasius in Puerto

Rico

30 Innovation Nation - How new

developments in aquaculture are boostingthe Scottish economy

36 A technological innovation for crustacean

aquaculture the Scottish economy

46 Faivre equipped Trout farms

50 The use of feed in RAS

FISH FARMING TECHNOLOGY

FEATURES

17 Aquaculture Training

4 Roy Palmer

54 Technology on display - Aquaculture UK


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The spring has arrived and the longer days are now very

noticeable here in the UK. There is nothing like some

well-deserved sunshine to stimulate the evenings before the

computer and I have certainly been kept busy with a glass ofwine in hand of course!

Plenty of academic work has come my way and it’s been a

pleasure to support my PhD students with their dissertation

proof readings and other matters concerning the nal writing

up of their theses before they submit to the judge and jury.

I was most pleased to be invited recently to a government‘think tank’ in Glasgow, Scotland to participate in a forum

aimed at establishing a network of academic, industrial and

research council of UK operatives from the BBSRC and

NERC. There is much interest now in both the sh and shellsh

areas for UK investment and collaboration with considerable

potential for a number of key areas to be supported includingthe need for sustainable feeds close to this magazine’s interests.

I also visited the University of Glasgow to discuss biomedicalwork using zebrash where I will advise on special diets for

zebrash to study obesity and lipid/carbohydrate metabolism.

There are great opportunities here for using sh nutrition as atool in clinical medical research.

My new position in Harper Adams University has enabled me

to combine the best of approaches with some more time for

travel and meeting so many stake-holders and experts in the

aquaculture business and academic sector with progression in a

number of areas.

One of my tasks now is to expand our MSc portfolio in

mono-gastric animal production and we have now an excellent

validated masters’ programme in Aquaculture with a strong

focus on the technical needs of industry. We will leave others

to magnify on the socio-economics and politics of aquaculture

and endless denitions of sustainability as an aquatic cure forinsomnia. My other task is to construct a new research facility

for nutrition trials with sh and anyone with a view for support

and investment are welcome to offer advice. My plumbing

skills are not too bad but I would better get the experts in this

eld for a high quality recirculation aquaculture system for

trout, tilapia and carp feed trials; any takers to show off theirbest technology platform in a higher education setting?

One area of interest to me recently was news of the continued

trend of increased pangasius imports into the UK and EU in

general. With demand quite high, and imports up by 0.4 percent

over last year to Europe having already attained a value ofsome US$42.2 million in 2016.

This demonstrates the importance of the markets and the

outcome of the referendum for UK membership in the EU is, in

my opinion, unlikely to affect the import of a lucrative market

for farmed sh in Britain. However, we must develop our own

aquaculture industry to secure domestic sh production as an

economic strategy.Turning to our magazine now, we have our regular topical news

items and reports concerning the trends and the people that

are making waves in the industry on a global level. Certainly

our international reach is now so impressive and our associate

editors do an excellent job in the translation of the magazineinto Chinese and Spanish, covering major aquafeed and

technological advances to an important audience.

In this edition, amongst a typically eclectic blend of bang up to

date news and forthright columns, we have a very informative

article by Rob Davis from the AquaBiotech group that focuses

on RAS. Our good friend Dr Laxmappa has also providedus with a very comprehensive account of the behaviour and

habitat of Scylla serrata, or mud crabs to give their more

familiar name.This issue also boasts a fabulous report from Abbeville in

Northern France where the International Aquafeed team gotto see the very latest in Faivre equipment in action in situ at

a collection of trout farms; which ts in very nicely with our

species focus, trout and salmonids.

The strength of our edition continues right to our back cover

this month, with our interview being with Brett Glencross,

the Professor for Aquaculture Nutrition at the University ofStirling’s Institute of Aquaculture.

Finally I ask you to keep more articles coming our way for this

is a great opportunity to address the issues and for organisations

and individuals to share their knowledge base, networking and

technical expertise to the wider readership.

The academic input, coupled with research centred featureshighlight so much progress and innovation within this industry.

I look forward to the next issue in the summer and your

continued reading whether on-line or with our quality printed

format. I now have a seven-year span of magazine issues from

2009 and nd it invaluable to my work and complementary tomy research archives and textbooks.

Thank you for your continued support!!!

Professor Simon Davies

Professor Simon Davies

Croeso - welcome

Meet the team at up-coming international events

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Dr Antonio Garza de Yta, Director Generalfor Planning, Programming and Evaluationof the National Commission for Aquacultureand Fisheries in Mexico (CONAPESCA).

Surabaya, Indonesia hosted Asia Pacic Aquaculture

2016 (APA 16) from the 26th to the 29th of April. For

aquaculture enthusiasts, it’s inspiring to visit Indonesia,

a country that produces more than 14 million tons

of aquacultured products. For a visitor from Latin

America such as myself, it is extraordinary to see that

a country that has the approximate size of Mexico (two million

square kilometers) produces more than the whole Latin American

and Caribbean region put together; even when just considering their

animal production (4.3 million tons). It is shocking considering the

vast land mass and the considerable available water resources in

the region.

Tilapia and shrimp are still produced in the largestamounts

More than 17 500 islands form Indonesia, and its bays are

optimal for tropical marine sh species. Regardless, traditional

species like tilapia and shrimp are still produced in the largest

amounts while only milksh contributes signicantly to national

statistics.

Tropical marine aquaculture has not yet identied a species like

salmon worldwide. Although nding a tropical marine sh that is

equivalent to tilapia, which is omnivorous, sturdy, easy to hatch

and with a market size that can be reached in less than one year,would be even better

In Latin America Seriola (rivoliana and lalandi) have been

identied as species that can be produced in controlled conditions,

that have good survival and most important have good markets.

Although, Seriola’s biggest problem is formulated feed. In

practically all the region, except Chile, there isn’t a feed plant that

produces good quality feed for marine species.

The lack of good quality feed will soon bankrupt Seriola

producers as they currently have to import their feeds from Canada

or Europe! The conditions are terrible, on one hand regional feed

producers are not willing to invest in producing high quality feed

for tropical marine sh because there is not enough volume that

justies their investment, and on the other investors are not willingto bet in marine aquaculture in the region as there is not available

high quality feed that can make the activity protable.

The need to work togetherToday all the stakeholders need to work together and solve this

problem. It true, we still need to invest many million dollars in

marine aquaculture, but at the end the activity will persevere. We

have to focus in technology and supplier development as well as

in technology transfer. Everybody will have to give up an inch,

but the vision is clear… the future is in marine aquaculture.

Scottish aquaculture

leaders set out inspiringvision for a growth strategy

to 2030

Agroup of leading gures in Scottish

aquaculture have joined forces to plan an

ambitious strategy for growth to 2030.

By setting out an inspiring vision for continued

social, economic and environmentally sustainable

growth in aquaculture, the group aims to produce

a strategy to boost aquaculture’s contribution to

the Scottish economy. It believes there is potential

opportunity to increase aquaculture’s current

contribution of UK£1.8 billion per annum to up to

double its current level by 2030.

The group will produce a strategy document,

called the Scottish Aquaculture 2030 Vision for

Growth, later this year. The document will backan ambitious vision for sustainable growth with

practical recommendations, which the group

intends to be time-bound for implementation.

The strategy will cover the entire supply

chain, including farming, equipment supply,

infrastructure, processing, research & innovation,

the role of the public sector, and marketing.

The report will feed into Scotland Food and

Drink’s overall industry strategy for 2017-2030.

Co-chairing the group are Stewart Graham,

MD of Gael Force Group, and Dennis Overton,

Chair of Aquascot, with other group membersrepresenting the entire supply chain in

aquaculture, from innovation to production to

logistics. Input is also being taken from other

leading gures from the industry.

Stewart Graham comments, “There’s an

opportunity for Scotland’s aquaculture sector

to generate up to double its existing annual

contribution to the Scottish economy. And it can

do so in a way that continues to be sustainable

socially, economically and environmentally.

“With industry and public-sector leadership

on this, the gains can be signicant, long-term

and wide-reaching – benetting all of the widerstakeholder group including local communities

and young people, as well as Scotland plc.”

Over the coming months, the group will gather

evidence and recommendations from a wide range

of stakeholders in Scottish aquaculture. It proposes

to produce an ambitious strategy report that seeks

to identify the specic actions required to capture

the full value opportunity in the autumn of 2016.

According to Dennis Overton, “We intend this

report to inspire ambition and follow-up from

multiple stakeholders in Scottish aquaculture

– among them, SMEs, multinationals, industryorganisations, government, public bodies and

investors. All these stakeholders have a part to

play in generating substantial growth to 2030, and

the report will provide them with the vision, the

map and the tools to do so.”

The future is marine aquaculture

Antonio Garzade Yta

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Developing the sustainability of food systems, communityfood justice, and public health success.

Many people around the world,

some well-reasoned estimates

state in many countries the gure

can be as high as 50 percent, fallon and below the poverty line;

in fact, many have felt starvation

many times. Statistically, a great many children below

ve years of age are currently severely malnourished.

Although many are able to eat calorie sufcient diets

of mainly carbohydrates and fats, these diets contain

precious little protein, essential vitamins, minerals, and

trace elements that are vital for good physical growth

and development, and hence to health and learning

capabilities.

Let there be no misunderstanding - a poor diet means a

less healthy bodyUnhealthy bodies are prone to illnesses, many

“subclinical” no symptoms, in character, and go

unheeded, partly because of poor knowledge arising

from lack of good education and instruction and, because

of poor access to health and other social services because

the poor have insufcient or no income.

Regrettably many of the Government policy makers

and program implementers collectively work guided by

informal, operating “scripts” formed in the organisational

psyche of many moons ago. These “scripts” allow

for more efcient but often mindless work. It does

so by eliminating careful and mindful attention to a

great amount of highly nuanced details that changedramatically through time, sometimes abruptly.

This mindlessness allows many mistakes go unchecked.

They may even be rationalised with increasing bad

effects on our lives. Bureaucracies become efcient in

making obvious mistakes and ‘common sense’ goes out

the window. Certainly we are seeing this with politics

right around the world at this time.

The bottom line is that the agriculture policies of

many current governments have helped to make food

environments less healthy for people. There is a need

for food systems to be reformed. Agriculture and farm

policies need to be aligned with national public healthand nutrition goals.

Currently there is a great disconnect between public

health diet-related diseases and agriculture policy

issues, but they are intimately connected. A systemic

strategy that simultaneously focuses on developing the

sustainability of food systems, community food justice,

and public health success would have multiple benets

and allow for rich partnerships.

It is a slippery slide and it can be addressed and it isimportant that the United Nations has stated that this

is an important ‘goal’ amongst others in its Sustainable

Development Goals to be completed in Agenda 2030.

Things, however, continue to be positive for the AwF

with a number of activities and hopefully by the next

edition there will be some projects funded.

We have followed up the giant news from The Charity

Commission of the UK which conrmed the registration

of Aquaculture without Frontiers (UK), as a Charitable

Incorporated Organisation – AwF (UK) CIO.

The organisation had its inaugural Board of Trustees

meeting on 15 April where Clifford Spencer wasappointed Chairman; Roger Gilbert his Deputy; Simon

Birks as Secretary; and Tuti Tan and Janice Spencer as the

Financial Task Force with myself (Global Management).

Darren Parris will head the UK Management Task Force

and will initially concentrate on connecting with the

milling and grain industry to establish the ‘Milling for

Life’ program.

We are currently making changes to our website to

accommodate the UK operation so you might see some

subtle manoeuvres, but hopefully this will not be seen as

a distraction. We have not dropped any issue from the

website, just re-organised it.

AwF (UK) CIO will start to build on the strongrelationships that we have had in the past as well as new

alliances. For example through Cliff Spencer’s role with

UN and specically his role as Goodwill Ambassador to

NEPAD we expect to have much closer ties with Africa.

The NEPAD Agency is the implementing agency of the

African Union that advocates for NEPAD, facilitates and

coordinates the development of NEPAD continent-wide

programs and projects, mobilises resources and engages

the global community, regional economic communities

and member states in the implementation of these

programs and projects.

There is a good t between the organisations in thatNEPAD’s Investment Programs are:

• Skills and Employment for Youth

• Industrialisation, Science, Technology and

Innovation

• Regional Integration, Infrastructure and Trade

Roy Palmer

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Roy Palmer is the ExecutiveDirector at Aquaculture without

Frontiers, Executive Director at Association of International Seafood

Professionals and Chairman atGlobal Initiative for Life & leadership

through Seafood (GILLS)

• Natural Resources, Governance and Food

Security

There will also be connections made

to the new National Aquaculture Centre,

which will be operating out of the Humber

Seafood Institute in Grimsby, and we will

start to create relationships with Universities

to enable their students to link into our

programs.

The next Board Meeting on my calendar will

be in Australia on May 9th 2016. We have all

Boards now on a three-month cycle to ensure

we are on top of all the important governance

issues as well as keeping everyone informed

on activities.

We had a great full day session at Asia Pacic

Aquaculture 2016, in Surabaya, Indonesia. It

was a great diverse list of presenters so looking

forward to co-chairing this with Dr Dinesh

Kaippilly.

The newly-formed partnership between

FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute

(HBOI) and Aquaculture without Frontiers(AwF) has submitted the nal paperwork for

the ‘Farmer to Farmer’ program in Kenya and

has been assembling a team of volunteers to

be ready to move. We have been building our

relationships with various organisations in

Kenya to ensure we are adding value to the

work there rather than ‘re-inventing’ activities.

Professor Stella Williams: woman ofthe month

Following Professor Indah Susilowati

(Indonesia) as March Women of the Monthwe have Professor Stella Williams now

retired from the Department of Agricultural

Economics, Obafemi Awolowo University

(OAU) formerly known as the University of

Ife in Nigeria as April Woman of the Month. I

am constantly inspired from reading the stories

about these women in aquaculture/sheries

who make such a fabulous contribution to the

cause.

If you would like to nominate a woman to be

the next Woman of the Month, please check

the website for the criteria and nominate on the

form provided.Our social media outreach continues to

expand and we are planning to add a regular

bi-monthly Newsletter to our communication

strategy very shortly so if you have any ideas

on articles, etc then please do not hesitate to

contact me.

@AwFComms

After an Academic career spanning 12 years in the Univ.of Athens, Ioannis joined University of Limerick (UL) as aLecturer on Food Lipids where the ongoing focus of his workwill be towards the cardioprotective properties of food lipidswith particular emphasis on dairy and aquaculture products.

A rather interesting paper has been published recently on

the link between sh consumption during pregnancy and

child growth. According to the paper titled, Fish Intake in

Pregnancy and Child Growth: A Pooled Analysis of 15

European and US Birth Cohorts, the maternal sh intake

in pregnancy has been shown to inuence fetal growth.

The objective of the authors was to examine whether sh intake in

pregnancy is associated with offspring growth and the risk of childhood

overweight and obesity. The authors carried out a population-based

birth cohort study of singleton deliveries from 1996 to 2011 in Belgium,

France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,

Spain, and US.

A total of 26 184 pregnant women and their children were followed up

at two-year intervals until the age of six years. The consumption of shduring pregnancy was monitored. The authors estimated that offspring

body mass index (BMI) percentile trajectories from three months after

birth to six years of age.

They dened rapid infant growth as a weight gain z score greater than

0.67 from birth to two years and childhood overweight/obesity at four

and six years as body mass index in the 85th percentile or higher for age

and sex. The median sh intake during pregnancy ranged from 0.5 times/

week in Belgium to 4.45 times/week in Spain. Women who ate sh more

than three times/week during pregnancy, gave birth to offspring with

higher BMI values from infancy through middle childhood compared

with women with lower sh intake (three times/week or less).

High sh intake during pregnancy (More than three times/week) wasassociated with an increased risk of rapid infant growth, with an adjusted

odds ratio (aOR) of 1.22 and increased risk of offspring overweight/

obesity at four years (aOR, 1.14) and six years (aOR, 1.22) compared

with an intake of once per week or less. The effect of high sh intake

during pregnancy on rapid infant growth was greater among girls (aOR,

1.31) than among boys (aOR, 1.11).

Let me explain at this point what Odds ratio (OR) is. The OR is a

measure of association between an exposure and an outcome. The

OR represents the odds that an outcome will occur given a particular

exposure, compared to the odds of the outcome occurring in the absence

of that exposure. So, in other words, in the case of high sh intake (more

than times/week) and the associated risk of offspring overweight/obesity

at four years, where OR was found to be 1.14, with the probability of thisoccuring is increased by 14 percent.

However, the extent to which sh intake affects childhood growth and

obesity remains unclear. Currently, we do not know the eating patterns of

the mothers, or their babies used in this study, their overall calorie intake,

their lifestyle etc.

Therefore, we need to be extremely cautious in linking sh consumption

to obesity so the answer to the question of the title of this article is

probably not.

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@yanzabet

Is fish really fattening?

Ioannis Zabetakis


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Alltech release rstglobal aquaculture

feed productionsurvey results

Following the highly regarded

annual Global Feed Survey

and based on several industry

requests, Alltech has completed

a deeper dive into analysing the

growing aquaculture feed sector and

the increased nisher feed prices

worldwide.

“Aquaculture is the fastest growing

segment of the feed industry,” said

Aidan Connolly, Alltech’s chief

innovation ofcer and vice president

of corporate accounts.

“According to the Food and

Agriculture Organisation, shconsumption now exceeds beef

consumption per capita, and farmed

sh now exceed wild caught. The

scale of the industry is leading many

policymakers to question practices

and methods, particularly in regard to

sustainability.

“When we published our 2016

Global Feed Survey, we were

presented with more questions

regarding the aquaculture sector than

any other species,” continued MrConnolly.

“This was further indication that

aqua generates a lot of interest.

No one else has investigated the

aquaculture industry in this way and

we thought it was time to full that

need.”

According to the Alltech 2016

Aquaculture Feed Survey, China was

the number one aqua feed producer

with 17.3 million tonnes at an average

cost per nisher diet of US$850

In 2015, China led global

aquaculture feed production

with 17.3 million tonnes at

an average cost per nisher

diet of US$850. Vietnam and

Norway followed with 2.8

and 1.789 million tonnes,

respectively; however, the

average nisher diets were

much higher in cost, with

Vietnam at US$1333 and

Norway at US$1100.

The most expensive nisher

diets originated from the

Asia-Pacic region, with Korea at

US$1800 and Japan at US$1700.

Nearly 50 percent of survey responses

indicated their region’s aqua nisher

diets were more than US$1000 on

average.

“Essentially, it comes down toimported raw materials,” explained

Mr Connolly.

“What is produced locally is often

in a protected marketplace regulated

by government tariffs. The high feed

prices in this region, in particular

Japan, are reected in other species as

well, such as swine and poultry.”

Shrimp accounted for 21 percent of

aqua feed production worldwide, with

82 percent coming from Asia (India at

66 percent, Thailand at 42 percent andIndonesia at 33 percent). Salmon feed

production represented 11 percent of

total aqua feed production, and at 52

percent, Europe was the number one

player in this species sector.

Other top species in terms of feed

production include:

Carp (China at 62 percent)

Catsh (US at 40 percent, Vietnam

at 36 percent and Bangladesh at 35

percent)

Trout (Peru at 74 percent)

Brazil, which nished eighth in the

aqua feed survey, fed more than 25

different species of sh with its 0.940

million tonnes in 2015. Deep-bodied

Amazonian breeds, Pirapitinga,

Tambaqui and Pacu, constitute most

of the Brazilian sh feed production.“We found that in Brazil, a major

portion of feed production was

not allocated to the typical species

produced by many other countries,”

said Mr Connolly.

“It turns out that over 40 percent of

Brazil’s feed production is allocated to

a variety of local, Amazonian species,

such as Pacu, Tambaqui, Tambacu and

Tambatinga.”

Alltech’s overall 2016 Global Feed

Survey estimated international feedtonnage is now at 995.6 million metric

tons, a percent increase over last

year and a 14 percent increase since

Alltech rst published Global Feed

Survey results in 2011. The analysis

of ve-year trends showed growth

predominantly from the pig, poultry

and aqua feed sectors.

See the complete results of the

Alltech 2016 Aquaculture Feed

Survey, with data and analyses at

http://go.alltech.com/aquafeedsurvey

According to the Alltech 2016 Aquaculture FeedSurvey, China was the number one aquafeedproducer with 17.3 million tonnes at an average costper nisher diet of US$850

SAIC to co-fund

industry internships

The Scottish Aquaculture

Innovation Centre (SAIC)

is inviting applications from

businesses large and small for funding

support with BSc, MSc and PhD

graduate internships.

The co-funded internships are thelatest in a series of initiatives designed

to support the Scottish Aquaculture

2030 Vision for Growth and help

shape the industry leaders of the

future.

SAIC will contribute UK£5000

towards the cost of up to ve 12 to

18-month graduate internships, as well

as providing two one-day workshops:

one delivering training on CV writing

and interview techniques; the other an

entrepreneurship and innovation day.

Explains SAIC CEO Heather Jones:

“SAIC is working closely with the

Scottish aquaculture industry to

identify what more we can do to helpensure that businesses have access to

the skills they need to thrive, now and

in the future. These new co-funded

internships will connect emerging

talent with innovative industry projects,

delivering real value to the companies

involved, the sector as a whole and

graduates looking to advance their

careers. This, in turn, will help forge

even stronger links between businesses

and academia in Scotland.”

While it is anticipated that each

internship will be as individual as the

company applying, all must include

full-time work for 12 to 18 months;

a dened project that will deliverreal value for the company and equip

graduates with essential business

skills; and an assigned mentor or

supervisor within the company.

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The Aquaculture

Stewardship

Council (ASC)

announced that Taylor

Shellsh Farms has

become the rst US grower

to achieve responsible

aquaculture certication

for a farming operation in

Washington State.

The Shelton, Washington

State based company

received ASC Bivalve

Certication for its

operation in the South

Puget Sound basin, which

comprises the Hood Canal

and the area south of the

Tacoma Narrows, including

Olympia and Shelton. The

certication was achieved

after an on-site assessmentby independent auditors

SCS Global Services.

Chris Ninnes, ASC’s CEO,

announced the company’s

certication on March 7th during Seafood Expo North

America in Boston, Massachusetts.

The ASC is an independent, not-for-prot organisation

co-founded by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and The

Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) in 2010 to manage the

certication of responsible sh farming across the globe.

An independent, international organisation, the ASC aims

to transform the aquaculture industry to a higher standardthrough a global certication and labelling program

with a focus on good management practices, including

the conservation and quality of water resources. The

certication system meets international codes of good

conduct, including FAO Guidelines for eco-labelling and

ISEAL Standard Setting Codes.

“Taylor Shellsh Farms is dedicated to providing

our customers with the freshest, highest quality

shellsh available and doing so in ways that respect the

environment, our communities and the people who work

for us,” said Bill Taylor, company CEO.

“We believe the ASC to be the gold standard for assessing

shellsh farm performance, and we are very gratied tohave completed the work to become the rst farm in the

US to achieve this certication.”

“This achievement distinguishes Taylor Shellsh as

an innovator in the seafood market and is proof of their

strong commitment to responsible farming and good social

practices,” said Chris Ninnes, CEO of the ASC.

“We are thrilled they have become the rst farm in

the United States to join the programme. The US is a

hugely important market in terms of global aquaculture

consumption and, by partnering with industry leaders

such as Taylor Shellsh, we can make a strong case that

responsibly farmed sh is better for business and better forthe environment.”

The company says it will actively pursue certication for

all its farm operations in Washington State.

The ASC Bivalve Standards evaluates the performance

of shellsh operations against

criteria related to the natural

environment and biodiversity;

water resources and water

quality; species diversity,

including wild populations;

disease and pest management

and resource efciency. The

standards also address social

issues related to a company’s

engagement and support of

local communities and the

quality of the workplace for

employees.

The ASC bivalve standard

was nalised in 2012 and

the rst shellsh farm was

certied in South America in

2014.

“Consumers, wholesalers

and retailers increasingly

want to understand andvalidate how the products

they sell or consume come to

market,” Taylor said.

“The ASC’s independence,

high standards and transparent process provide a strong

assurance that companies that pursue certication take

responsible shellsh farming very seriously.”

Credibility and independence, core values of the ASC,

are underpinned by the transparency of the audit process.

ASC does not audit the farms itself and the standard is

also completely independent of the seafood industry.

Assessment and verication of compliance is performedby an external, third-party auditors known as a certication

body. The certication bodies are in turn accredited and

monitored by Accreditation Service International (ASI),

an independent, international organisation associated with

ISEAL.

Meaningful engagement is also built into the ASC

certication program and public feedback and input from

stakeholders is actively solicited during the certication

process. Every audit report is made public on the ASC’s

website, allowing for stakeholder input through a public

comment period, a unique feature of the ASC program, to

ensure that the principles of inclusiveness and openness are

preserved.These principles are also enshrined within the ASC’s

organisational structure and approach. Everything from

standard setting to certication is done in a transparent

manner. The ASC engages with NGO’s, academic experts

and non-prots to ensure that the standards remain

meaningful and robust.

Despite the fact that the rst farm only entered

assessment in late 2012, at the time of writing there are

243 ASC certied farms in 27 countries and over 100

more in assessment. Certication is available for the most

in-demand seafood and the program has an estimated

total production volume of more than one million tons.Consumers can enjoy ASC certied products in more than

54 countries and the program continues to grow to meet

global demand.

www.asc-aqua.org

Taylor Shellsh rst farmto achieve Aquaculture

Stewardship Councilcertication


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An inspirational advocate for

gender equality in Africa

Aquaculture without Frontiers’ Woman of the Month

award for April goes to Professor Stella Williams

now retired from the Department of Agricultural

Economics, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) formerly

known as the University of Ife in Nigeria. Stella is a truly

outstanding scholar, activist and policy advisor on gender and

Fisheries Economics in Nigeria.

Women make highly signicant but undervalued contributions

to the sheries and aquaculture sector

nationally. However, their contributions are

only slowly being recognised and still lags

behind in rural and peri-urban communities all

over Nigeria.

Stella Williams has been an advocate of

gender and social equity perspectives in

numerous development projects across Nigeria

and the African continent. Early in her career,

she concentrated her research efforts on valueaddition along supply chains in the shing

industry but later broadened her research scope

to include the study of women in sheries and

aquaculture.

In the last thirty-ve years, her primary

research and developmental work focused

on investigating viable frameworks for user

participation in sheries and aquaculture management, sheries

governance through integration of stakeholders’ knowledge and

enhancement of livelihoods and economic development of rural

artisanal sher-folks, in particular the women and children that

are often left out in sheries policy in Nigeria.Stella Williams is a passionate advocate for the education of

girls and educational empowerment for women in agriculture.

She is renowned for mentoring many students and has been

instrumental in sourcing funding for them to attend conferences.

Stella designed, advocated for and inuenced the inclusion of a

new course into the curriculum titled ‘Introduction to Fisheries

and Aquaculture’ as a compulsory course in the Faculty of

Agriculture at OAU.

As a result of the newly introduced course, a number of her

undergraduate students who took the course have set up and

are successfully running commercial sh farms in Nigeria

after graduation. She is proud that some of her students

have managed to secure jobs in government and prestigious

institutions such as the World Bank enabling them to highlight

issues surrounding primary industries.

Stella Williams has served on various International, Regional

and National Boards where she has assisted in addressing

and mainstreaming gender issues. For example, she served

on the Executive Committee of IIFET from 1988 to 1992

and discovered that there were very few Africans on the

membership roster of IIFET.

She successfully worked with the Board to increase the

participation of African members in successive

conferences by promoting IIFET not only

in Nigeria but also throughout the African

Continent. Her presentation in Tromso,

Norway was a ground-breaking moment and

now, making special presentations on gender

perspectives in sheries and aquaculture

is an accepted research area of interest as

demonstrated at IIFET’s rst sub-Saharan

African meeting in Tanzania.While serving on the WorldFish Center Board

of Trustees, her primary contribution to the

Board was providing the gender perspective

needed to enhance the scientic study of

sheries and aquaculture. Similar to her work

at IIFET, she helped highlight the research

that showed that aside from being processors

and marketers of sh; women were also artisanal sher-folks.

She helped generate the NEPAD (New Partners in African

Development) continent-wide policy development that rmly

put sh on the agenda for the rst time.

Prof Williams is a Fellow of Fisheries Society of Nigeria,African Association of Agricultural Economics, a Fulbright

Fellow, 2003-2004 and Vice President, Mundus maris asbl

(www.mundusmaris.org).

She is the Founder of the Nigerian Women in Agricultural

Research for Development - NiWARD (www,niward.org),

an intiative for Nigerian African Women in Agricultural

Research and Development beneciaries, AWARD (www.

awardfellowships.org) to share their knowledge and skills for

the agricultural transformation agenda nationally with rural

communities.

Nutriad appointsArea Managers for

China

Multinational feed additive

producer Nutriad has

appointed Eric Han and

Hans Bai as Area Managers for

the Northern and Central Region

in China. As the company aims

to further grow its market share inChina, the best talents are invited to

be part of the expansion of the Nutriad

China team.

BK Chew, APAC Director Nutriad,

commented that “Asia Pacic is a

focus region in Nutriad’s strategicgrowth plans and China is the main

growth engine within APAC. The

appointment of Eric Han and Hans

Bai as Area Managers will enable

increased support to our existing

customers and partners and promote

further growth.”

Eric Han joins Nutriad with

extensive experience in the feed

additive business and brings an

excellent understanding of the

industry and customer needs. HansBai has a long track record with

multinational feed companies

and combines both technical and

commercial skills.

Said Eric Han, “I look forward

to joining the Nutriad Asia team.Nutriad has a reputation for innovative

products and its attractive portfolio

allows us to offer real solutions to our

customers”.

Hans Bai added, “Nutriad’s on-

going investments in China, to drive

aggressive growth, makes joining

Nutriad an exciting next step in my

career.”

Nutriad, headquartered in Belgium,

provides feed additives and services

to over 80 countries worldwidethrough a network of own ofces

and distributors, supported by

4 application laboratories and 5

manufacturing facilities located on 3

continents.


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Brakes offers ASC certied prawns to its 50,000 customers

Brakes Group has become the

rst foodservice supplier

to introduce Aquaculture

Stewardship Council (ASC) certied

prawns in the UK. Launched at the end

of March, Brakes’ new ASC certied

warm water prawns (F114100 M&J

Seafood ASC King Prawns, 1kg nett

(31-40/lb)) are a natural compliment

to its already industry leading range of

sustainably and responsibly sourced

sh and seafood.

Now thousands of customers at

pubs, hotels, restaurants, schools and

hospitals across the UK will enjoy

prawns and basa sourced from farms

that care for the environment, the

people and local communities.

Responsible sourcing is a key

element of Brakes strategy. AndrewCrawford, Fish & Seafood Category

Manager for Brakes, explained how

the foodservice provider is looking

to grow its range of ASC certied

products, starting with the new warm

water prawns.

“We want to be seen as market

leaders in the provision of sustainably

and responsibly sourced sh and

seafood, driving the foodservice

market in the right direction and the

introduction of ASC certied productsinto our product range will help us to

do this,” Mr Crawford said.

“We are proud to offer the biggest

range of sustainable sh and seafood

in the UK and we also work closely

with our customers to help them meet

their own commitments. Ultimately,

sourcing sustainably and responsibly

is the right thing to do.”

Committed to responsiblyfarmed seafood

In May 2015 Brakes became therst national wholesale foodservice

supplier to sign the Sustainable Fish

City pledge, committing to source sh

and seafood only from demonstrably

sustainable and responsible sources

for its own brand, general sale range

by May 2016.

As a further extension of their

commitment to protect the marine

environment, Brakes have also added

three lines of ASC certied pangasius

basa to their product offerings this

month.

“We are gradually tailoring our

range to full our commitment and

the new ASC certied shrimp and

pangasius will help in this process.

We have a long history of sustainable

sh and seafood initiatives andaccomplishments, and looking at our

farmed range is the next logical step,”

continued Mr Crawford.

“It’s a signicant moment to have

the rst ASC certied prawn in UK

foodservice now available. The

commitment by Brakes to offer not

only shrimp, but also ASC certied

basa, is a strong example that

responsible aquaculture is good for

business,” said Esther Luiten, Senior

Commercial Marketing Manager for

ASC.“By choosing ASC certied species,

Brakes is supporting farms that

protect the environment while offering

their customers a responsible choice.”

Pubs, schools and others food

service providers that source ASC

certied products from Brakes can

apply for an ASC Chain of Custody

Certication, which would allow them

to use the consumer facing logo. The

ASC logo recognises and rewards

those who prioritise responsible

aquaculture. Furthermore, the logo

lets customers know that their

meal originates from a responsible

source and gives them condence

that their purchase makes a positive

contribution to the health of our

oceans, local ecosystems and workers’rights.

Traceability assuranceThe ASC certied prawns are

sourced from the Vietnamese shrimp

farm, Quoc Viet. The family run

business was the rst Asian shrimp

farm to gain ASC certication

following independent assessment

against the ASC Shrimp Standard.

ASC labelled seafood can be traced

back through the supply chain to a

responsibly managed sh farm. Inorder to achieve chain of custody

certication each company in

the supply chain must meet strict

requirements and have in place

traceability systems that ensure no

product mixing or substitutions can

occur.

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Five years after Tsunami, Miyagi

Prefecture Fisheries CooperativeOyster farms celebrate ASC

certication

Just ve years after the east coast of Japan was

devastated by a tsunami, the Miyagi Prefecture

Fisheries are stronger than ever and celebrating a

major milestone.

The Shizugawa Branch of the Miyagi Prefecture Fisheries

Co-operative became the rst farming collective in Japan

to achieve ASC certication on 30 March, 2016. Following

an independent assessment against the ASC Bivalve

Standard by AMITA, a certication assessment body based

in Japan, the co-operative earned ASC certication in

recognition of their responsible environmental and social

practices.

The accredited farms are situated just off the Pacic

Ocean coastline in the southern half of Shizugawa Bay

in Togura, Minamisanriku Town, northeast of the MiyagiPrefecture, in northern Japan. Aquaculture in the region

dates back to 1899 and has withstood many tsunamis over

the centuries. However, most of the aquaculture facilities

along this area, including those in the Miyagi Prefecture

Fisheries, were destroyed by the tsunami that followed the

devastating Tōhoku earthquake in March 2011.

Toshio Sasaki of Miyagi Fishery Cooperative said,

“We are so happy about gaining this certication. We

members of Shizugawa Fishery Cooperative Association

lost everything in the tsunami, not only all our farming

facilities but our homes as well as family and friends.

Fortunately the family members and small children whosurvived the tsunami gave us hope to start again.”

Prior to the tsunami, smallholders ran intensive family

farms on small sea surfaces which were overcrowded and

unsustainable. Starting over provided an opportunity to

introduce responsible practices.

To that end, the local community joined forces with

World Wildlife Fund Japan (WWF) to revive the seabed

using best practices; including reducing production outputs

by a third each year in order establish a thriving and

balanced base of aquaculture production. To better manage

the farms and the updated farming methods, the farms

joined together to form a co-operative, known as Miyagi

Prefecture Fisheries Co-operative, Shizugawa Branch.

The co-operative participated in three-year pilot

programme funded by a state government grant. At the end

of the pilot, families were encouraged to manage their own

farms, in accordance with the new responsible farming

practices to aid the recovery of the fragile ecosystem.

“Our place of work is the sea and after the tsunami it was

hard to return to sea farming again. Not all of us came

back of course. Many older members left the shery,” said

Toshio.

“Members who decided to stay had a lot of discussion

about farming practices for the future. We decided to set up

a sustainable farming area in order for the farming to carry

on into the next generation. We reduced farming facilitiesto one third of that before the earthquake and the quality of

the Oysters improved. It now takes one year until harvest

where before it took three.”

According to Toshio, “We applied for ASC certication

thanks to the great connection with WWF Japan. The ASC

certication for our Oysters fulls a long cherished wish

and we are grateful to all the great people who gave us

guidance to get the certicate.”

According to Haruko Horii, Standards and Certication

Coordinator at ASC, “This achievement is a great example

of the resilience of the sheries community in Myagi.

“They are succeeding by not only rebuilding theircommunity, they are also improving it. I am very happy

to nally see the rst certied farm in Japan coming from

this area, and I believe ASC certication will bring further

benet to the community and hope for the future.”

US FDA import

tolerance for salmonproducts achieved

by Fish Vet Group

Fish Vet Group (FVG), a

Benchmark Holdings company,

have today announced that after

working closely with the US Food and

Drug Administration (FDA) for more

than ve years they have successfully

obtained an import tolerance for

azamethiphos, the active ingredient

in Benchmark’s sea lice treatments,

Salmosan®

, Salmosan®

Vet andByelice®.

The FDA import tolerance

assessment process is one of

the most rigorous in the world,

assessing the safety, residue and

environmental impact of food

products imported into the US. The

import tolerance has come into

immediate effect.

This is a major step forward forAtlantic Salmon producers, the

problem of sea lice is an increasing

welfare issue and costs the industry

more than US$500m per year. Global

production of farmed Atlantic salmon

is approximately two million tonnes,

and of this volume more than 10

percent is exported to the US market

annually. Producers can now select

from stock treated with any of the

current Benchmark sea lice products

available on the market today forexport to the US.

Previously, under US Federal

regulations, producers were forced

to segregate their stocks with US-

destined cages that would not be

treated for sea lice. When all cages

cannot be strategically treated as

part of an effective Integrated Pest

Management plan, the untreated

sites act as reservoirs for sea lice,resulting in the area’s sea lice

population life cycle remaining

unbroken –and driving resistance

development.

John Marshall, Technical Director

said “Salmon farmers in Norway,

Chile, Canada, Faroe Islands, UK

and Ireland now have the freedom

to develop a robust treatment and

management plan for all of their

facilities and export salmon treated

with Salmosan®

, Salmosan Vet®

andByelice® with condence”.

This move supports Benchmark’s

commitment to building a sustainable

food chain by offering progressive

aquaculture health solutions.


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“Life, made easier”- Jefo seminar in Thailand

Jefo launched its Thai ofce on March 28, 2016 at a

hotel in Thailand with a new corporate slogan: “Life,

made easier” - for producers, veterinarians, feed

manufacturers and consumers.

A seminar on ‘Innovative Solutions and New Approaches

To Solve Animal Health Concerns’ was organised.

More than 55 individuals from Thailand as well as from

Bangladesh, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam

attended the event.

Mr Didier Arnaud, Sales Director, Asia mentioned that

the urge to stay closer to partners and bringing quality

service at their doorsteps are major motivations to open the

ofce. The ofce will serve as a hub to offer timely service

to the South and South-east Asian region.

Mr Jean-Cristophe Bodin, Innovation & Development

Director of Jefo, discussed transformation to the solutions

based approach from products. With its diversied range of

products from protease to acidiers to amino acids to toxicbinders, Jefo can now provide solutions for a wide range of

issues that the industry is facing.

Dr Jowmann Khajarern, a professor from Khon Kaen

University discussed “feed formulation and management

strategies in poultry and swine under tropical conditions.

She emphasised better genetics, better quality feed,

efcient environmental and feed management are key for

maintaining healthy and happy animals. Additives such

as acidiers and enzymes are important to combat many

problems the industry is facing today.

Dr Kabir Chowdhury, Global Technical Manager of

Aquaculture discussed the Jefo solution targeting protein

optimisation and feed cost reduction available for the

industry. He emphasised that cost of proteins is the major

cost to produce animal and animal feed. He added that

optimisation of protein using protease enzymes not only

reduces the cost of feed and animal production but alsohelps in nitrogenous waste reduction.

Dr Glenmer Tactacan, Technical Specialist, Jefo and

Mr Jean Christophe Bodin also discussed solutions and

strategies for antibiotic free production and AGP reduction

in poultry and swine production. Controlling salmonella

and E. coli is a huge challenge for the industry and Jefo can

provide cost-effective and timely solutions with its range of

organic acid and essential oil products developed based on

its own micro-matrix technology.


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Indonesian government meets Scottishtraceability business to eliminate illegal shing

The Indonesian Minister of Marine Affairs and

Fisheries, Susi Pudjiastuti, has met with UK-based

traceability software provider Traceall Global as

part of a visit programme to Scotland to launch a project

that aims to reduce illegal shing, which is costing

Indonesia US$20bn a year*.

Illegal shing in Indonesian waters is a huge issue for

the government’s Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries

(MMAF). Although currently capturing 1.5 tonnes of

illegal sh annually** it faces difculties in tracking

vessels around the country’s islands and archipelagos.

As part of her visit, the Ministry signed a Memorandum

of Understanding (MOU) to work with, Glasgow based,

Traceall Global to carry out an initial pilot project aimed at

reducing illegal, unreported and unregulated shing (IUU).

The aim of the full rollout of Traceall Global’s FishTrace

Technology will be to use advanced monitoring andtraceability technology to eliminate IUU completely.

Traceall Global will work with the Indonesian Government

to develop an electronic sheries management logbook,

eliminating the existing paper based logging process

moving all data capture to 24-hour real time systems. The

new systems will be implemented on all Indonesian shing

vessels to support the tracking and traceability of their

shing catch and achieve the Indonesian Government’sobjective of stopping illegal shing.

Indonesian Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries,

Susi Pudjiastuti, said: “Illegal shing is a massive issue

in Indonesia which is currently costing the Indonesian

economy US$20bn each year. In order to protect the

depleted stocks in Indonesian waters, we have been

destroying the illegal shing vessels, however this is

not something we can sustain. The traceability software

we are using via Traceall Global will help us eliminate

IUU and provide full traceability throughout our supply

chain.”

Traceall Global CEO, Alan Steele, said: “Since seeing

my own local shing community in Scotland deplete

30 years ago, it has been my passion to put sh back in

our oceans. To achieve this we have been working with

partners around the world, combatting IUU, slavery and

unsustainable overshing.

“It is truly compelling to see such commitment and pro-

activity from the Indonesian Government, as they seek to

work together with us and the shing eets in Indonesia

to remove all illegal shing and slavery. It has been a

privilege to host Minister Susi Pudjiastuti in Scotlandand plan how Traceall Global can help her achieve her

objective of eliminating

IUU completely.”

The Indonesian

Government met with

Traceall Global for the

MOU signing in Glasgow

on Thursday 21st April,

and then will travel to

Edinburgh where over

100 Indonesian students

will meet with SusiPudjiastuti. To support

the implementation

of the Traceall Global

traceability system

in Indonesia the

business will initially

be employing two

Indonesian Business

students to work with

the team from their

headquarters in Glasgow

with the aim of growing

the team signicantly asthe project rolls out.

This week Bali

Seafoods has also signed

a MOU with Traceall

Global to install their

traceability software into four processing plants that are in

development in Indonesia. This will be one of the rst fully

integrated traceability systems in Indonesia reecting the

Governments regulations on IUU.

In Europe Traceall Global has previously worked with

the EU Government to develop the European Commission

laws on Food Traceability. It has also helped the UKGovernment (DEFRA) create electronic traceability

standards for the UK shing industry, to eliminate illegal

shing and over-shing, which resulted in a 100 percent

reduction.

(Sources: * Financial Times ** World Ocean Review)

Pictured signing papers at the Scottish Enterprise ofces in Glasgow today, L to R: Susi Pudjiastuti(Indonesian Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries), Dr Ir Slamet (Director General of Aquaculture) AgusSuherman (Director of Fishing Ports) and Allan Steele (CEO Traceall Global)


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ASC release terms of reference for marine nshstandard development

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC)

has released Terms of Reference (ToR) for the

development of new marine nsh standards.

The announcement was made against the backdrop of

Seafood Expo Global 2016 in Brussels and represents a

rst for the ASC. The ToR advocates the development of

standards for new marine nsh species based on the soon

to be released standard for seriola and cobia.

Because the knowledge and expertise necessary for the

development of standards for seriola, cobia and, in come

cases salmon, is applicable to the development of standards

for similar sh and farming systems, the forthcoming

release of the seriola and cobia standard creates an

opportunity to test the applicability of the standard to

expand the programme. This is the rst time the ASC has

taken such an approach.

“The increasing demand for healthy protein has lead to

a steep rise in aquaculture production around the world,”said Chris Ninnes, CEO of ASC.

“With sh increasingly becoming essential to global food

supply, concerns about the effects of sh farming on people

and the ecosystem have escalated. Ensuring people —those

who work on the farm and those living in the surrounding

community— are protected from harmful practices is

paramount for businesses; and a key feature of the ASC

standards. It is therefore important that the ASC establishes

standards for sh types not currently covered by the

programme to further protect the aquatic environment and

make sure that farms operate to the best social standard.”

The ToR is a direct result of the many requests ASC

has received to create a standard for barramundi,

European seabass and seabream. If it is determined that

using the seriola and cobia standard is feasible this will

provide a quicker route to the creation of standards for

new species.

As a market-based programme, the ASC must nd

ways to effectively respond to the needs of the growing

community of farms and retail partners seeking

certication for an increasing range of species. This

new process could be an innovative way to leverage

efciencies across the organisation in order to respond

more quickly to calls for new standards that will help

farmers, workers, local communities and improve

environmental protection.

The ASC standards address the negative impactsof sh farming, including dependence on sh for

feed; inadequate supply of seed; lack of appropriate

techniques; discharges of organic matters, phosphorus,

and nitrogen; sh escapes; transfer of diseases parasites

between farmed and wild sh; and introduction of non-

indigenous species. It also mandates that all workers

have freedom of association, employment contracts

inline with ILO regulations, no child-labour and that the

communities in which farms are situated be consulted

on farm operations.

As part of a comprehensive programme that expands the

use of responsible practices in the aquaculture industry,the ASC makes a signicant contribution to mitigating

negative impacts ‘on the water’, especially in countries

where best practices for environmental and social

responsibility are not yet the norm. A unique feature of the

programme is the use of performance metrics to measure

impacts of farming.

The ToR for marine nsh will ofcially begin with

a eld test of the seriola and cobia standard on selected

nsh farms that have informed the ASC that they wish to

be included in these initial pilots. No certicate is expected

from the preliminary eld-testing, however the results will

help identify gaps between the existing seriola and cobia

standard and what may be necessary to create a robustcertication for other marine nsh. The feasibility of

addressing these gaps will be evaluated, changes will be

proposed and consulted on and a process to operationalise

the new standard will be developed.

In the event that the pilot demonstrates that the use of the

seriola and cobia standard is not feasible, the results of the

pilot would provide important information to speed up the

development of on-going and future standard development

processes.

This ToR and associated pilot activity will also inform the

emerging structure of ASC’s core standard development.

The document is now open for public comments and allfeedback should be submitted using the form provided

in the Annex to the ToR on the ASC website. Farms

wishing to engage in the pilot assessments should contact

an accredited certier to undertake the audit and register

interest with the ASC.

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News


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White Paper published on insect

protein for feed

PROteINSECT project’s key publicationrecommends review of insect protein legislation &funding to help address European protein decit

PROteINSECT sh feeding trials demonstrated insect

meal can replace up to 50 percent of feed without

affecting animal performance.

PROteINSECT pig feeding trials revealed improved

gut health in piglets. PROteINSECT poultry feeding

trials showed that chickens fed on insect-containing diets

performed as well as those fed on commercial diets

Following three years of international research into the

potential of insect protein in animal feed, the EC-funded

PROteINSECT project has published a White Paper setting

out recommendations for future use of this additional

protein source in Europe.

Since 2013, experts from Europe, China and Africa have

been investigating the use of two species of y larvae in

the diets of chicken, pigs and sh, carrying out feedingtrials and analysing quality and safety of rearing farmed

ies on organic waste substrates such as manure.

Their research ndings are summarised in the White

Paper published on 27 April along with recommended next

steps to help European policy makers, legislators, industry

and consumers grasp ‘the insect opportunity’.

The document, titled ‘Insect Protein – Feed for the

Future: Addressing the need for feeds of the future today’,

encompasses safety, nutritional value, environmental

impact, commercialisation and consumer acceptance of

insect protein in animal feed. It endorses two key actions:

1. A review of Regulation EC 999/2001 and RegulationEC 1069/2009, which prohibit a) the use of insects as a

source of protein for animal feed for animals raised for

human consumption; and b) the rearing of insects on

manure or catering waste, respectively

2. A commitment to undertake the necessary research to

ensure that the required evidence is available for the

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to carry out

a full risk prole for insects reared on organic wastes

(building on EFSA’s ‘Risk prole related to production

and consumption of insects as food and feed’ published

in October 2015).

Dr Elaine Fitches, PROteINSECT project co-ordinator,

said, “We are delighted to share our White Paper as a keystepping stone towards furthering our understanding of the

potential for the use of insects in animal feed in Europe.”

Copies of the White Paper have been distributed to key

members of the European Parliament and it was formally

presented at PROteINSECT’s nal conference in Brussels

on 27 April.

PROteINSECT’s White Paper is designed to safeguard

the impact and legacy of its research, ensuring that the

potential of insects to make a valuable contribution to

existing and future animal feed demand in Europe is fully

realised.

“The protein gap in Europe is a very real risk to social,economic and environmental progress,” said Dr Fitches.

“As we seek sustainable European long term solutions we

must consider the benets that the introduction of insects -

specically y larvae - could have on the content of animal

feed.


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