Fish as feed inputs for aquaculture: practices, sustainability and implications

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Fish as feed inputs for aquaculture

• practices, sustainability and

implications: a global synthesis

Tim Huntington
Poseidon Aquatic Resource Management Ltd., Windrush
Warborne Lane, Portmore, Nr. Lymington, Hampshire SO41 5RJ
United Kingdom
Mohammad R. Hasan
Aquaculture Management and Conservation Service
Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, FAO, Rome 00153
Italy

Huntington, T.C. and Hasan, M.R. 2009. Fish as feed inputs for aquaculture

• practices, sustainability and implications: a global synthesis. In M.R. Hasan and
  M. Halwart (eds). Fish as feed inputs for aquaculture: practices, sustainability and
  implications. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper. No. 518. Rome, FAO.
  pp. 1–61.

Summary 2

1. Introduction 3


2. Overview of aquaculture systems and practices 4


3. Use of fish and other aquatic species as feed for fish and livestock 11


4. Sustainability issues of reduction fisheries and feedfish as
   inputs for aquaculture and animal feed 22


5. Environmental impacts of feedfish-based aquaculture 32


6. Current and potential alternative uses of fish and other aquatic
   species and the related macro-level impacts on food security and
   poverty alleviation 35


7. Regional issues on the use of aquatic species as feed for aquaculture 41


8. Conclusions and recommendations 47
   References 50