Moving from responsible to sustainable aquaculture Dan Lee Humber Seafood Summit 2014
What s the difference? Responsible = sustainable practices for what you control Sustainable = sustainable practices for the whole supply chain
Aquaculture s Progress Species Shrimp Salmon Pangasius Tilapia Seabass, Seabream Trout, charr Mussels
Strong demand Aquaculture s Progress Species Shrimp Salmon Pangasius Tilapia Seabass, Seabream Trout, charr Mussels
Strong demand Captive breeding Aquaculture s Progress Species Shrimp Salmon Pangasius Tilapia Seabass, Seabream Trout, charr Mussels
Strong demand Captive breeding Assigned property rights Aquaculture s Progress Species Shrimp Salmon Pangasius Tilapia Seabass, Seabream Trout, charr Mussels
Strong demand Captive breeding Assigned property rights Certifiable, responsible and safe Aquaculture s Progress Species Shrimp Salmon Pangasius Tilapia Seabass, Seabream Trout, charr Mussels
Strong demand Captive breeding Assigned property rights Certifiable, responsible and safe Aquaculture s Progress Species Shrimp Salmon Pangasius Tilapia Seabass, Seabream Trout, charr Mussels
MT (thousands) How is aquaculture certification doing? 800 BAP certified farm output 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 salmon Pangasius catfish tilapia shrimp 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
How is aquaculture certification doing overall? Source: Bush et al. 2013, Science
My old shrimp pond! Mangroves can regenerate
Strong demand Captive breeding Assigned property rights Certifiable, responsible and safe Sustainable feed Aquaculture s Progress Species Shrimp Asia Salmon Pangasius Tilapia Seabass, Seabream Trout, charr Mussels
Collaborative working Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Between ASC, BAP, GlobalGAP, April 2013
Main outcomes and benefits of the MoU To make certification more appealing, more accessible and create greater value for a greater number of farmers
First areas of collaborative 1. work? To reduce duplication of effort for farms that undertake certification against more than one standard 2. To develop common requirements related to feed 3. To explore common approaches to the management of certificate information potentially through shared IT platforms 4. To develop common approaches to auditor training 5. To develop shared approaches to chain of custody certification; and, 6. To encourage accurate and objective messaging regarding the claims made for certified aquaculture products.
Common requirements for sourcing of fishmeal and fish oil (from whole fish and fishery by-products) Traceability to species and country of origin No endangered species (IUCN red list) used for fishmeal/- oil Preference for feed manufacturers with evidence of responsible sourcing Avoidance of IUU
Strong demand Captive breeding Assigned property rights Certifiable, responsible and safe Sustainable feed Outstanding social issues Aquaculture s Progress Species Shrimp Asia Asia Salmon Pangasius Tilapia Seabass, Seabream Trout, charr Mussels
Strong demand Captive breeding Assigned property rights Certifiable, responsible and safe Sustainable feed Outstanding social issues Outstanding externalities, other issues Aquaculture s Progress Species Shrimp Asia Asia zonal issues ablation Salmon Pangasius Tilapia Seabass, Seabream Trout, charr zonal issues sea lice zonal issues zonal issues zonal issues Mussels
Sustainable feed Outstanding social issues Outstanding externalities, other issues Addressing Remaining Issues Species Shrimp APFIC, IFFO RS, FIPs RFS (Seafish) GAA Zone Standard SFP Salmon Pangasius Tilapia Seabass, Seabream GAA Zone Standard GSI GAA Zone Standard SFP GAA Zone Standard SFP GAA Zone Standard
Aquaculture Zone Management Standard
Proposed Zone Management Standard Voluntary and applicable to all types of aquaculture production Will not provide prescriptive details of how different zones should be defined and managed Will provide guidance regarding key elements of sustainable zone management Then verify these elements are in place
Zone Technical Committee Recruiting now Chair - Peter Marshall The Technical Committee will identify the conditions that lead to disease recommend measures to avoid or mitigate disease, which may include regulating the density of farms within a designated zone so as to avoid sharing of water inputs and outfalls quarantining and controlling the movement of animals into the zone and between farms once introduced adoption of best aquaculture practices at farm level to reduce stress and improve animal welfare introducing basic sanitary measures at the farm level structuring a dialogue among farmers and regulators to improve knowledge and compliance
Zone Management Standard could become BAP 5 th Star
Strong demand Captive breeding Assigned property rights Certifiable, responsible and safe Sustainable feed Outstanding social issues Outstanding externalities, other issues Aquaculture s Progress Species Shrimp Asia Asia zonal issues ablation Salmon Pangasius Tilapia Seabass, Seabream Trout, charr zonal issues sea lice zonal issues zonal issues zonal issues Mussels
Moving from responsible to sustainable aquaculture Humber Seafood Summit 2014