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

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Use of wild fish and other aquatic

organisms as feed in aquaculture

• a review of practices and

implications in Africa and the Near

East

T. Hecht and C.L.W. Jones
Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science
Rhodes University, Grahamstown
South Africa

Hecht, T. and Jones, C.L.W. 2009. Use of wild fish and other aquatic organisms as feed
in aquaculture – a review of practices and implications in Africa and the Near East.
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. 129–157.

Summary 130

1. Introduction 132


2. Overview of aquaculture in Africa and the Near East 132


3. Status on and trends in the use of fisheries resources as inputs in
   the animal feed industry in Africa and the Near East

135

4. Sustainability issues of reduction fisheries 144


5. Environmental impacts of aquaculture in Africa and the Near East
   that result primarily from reduction fisheries as feed inputs 146


6. Current and potential alternative uses of fish and the related
   macro-level impact on food security and poverty alleviation 148


7. Regional issues on the use of fish and/or other aquatic species as
   feed for aquaculture 150


8. Conclusions and recommendations 151
   References 152
   Appendix 157