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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
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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.
@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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VIVASIA 2017 MARCH 15 - 17, BANGKOK, THAILAND
VIVEUROPE 2018 JUNE 20 - 22, UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS
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8/16/2019 International Aquafeed - May | June 2016 FULL EDITION
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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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8/16/2019 International Aquafeed - May | June 2016 FULL EDITION
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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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