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

168 Fish as feed inputs for aquaculture – Practices, sustainability and implications

• Round sardinella – total reported
  landings of 142 982 tonnes in 2004,
  to which the Bolivarian Republic of
  Venezuela contributed 99.2 percent
  (Figure 13);


• Atlantic mackerel – total reported
  landings of 107 682 tonnes in 2004,
  to which the United States of
  America contributed 50 percent and
  Canada 50 percent (Figure 12);


• Pacific anchoveta – total reported
  landings of 73 203 tonnes in 2004,
  to which Panama contributed
  64.2 percent and Colombia
  28.9 percent (Figure 14);


• Pacific herring – total reported
  landings of 57 981 tonnes in 2004,
  to which United States of America
  contributed 58.9 percent and
  Canada 41.1 percent (Figure 15);
  
  
  • Pacific thread herring – total
    reported landings of 54 105
    tonnes in 2004, to which Panama
    contributed 84.1 percent and
    Ecuador 15.9 percent (Figure 15);
    
    
    • Brazilian sardinella – total
      reported landings of 53 421 tonnes
      in 2004, to which Brazil contributed
      100 percent (Figure 16);
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Capelin – total reported landings
    of 52 351 tonnes in 2004, to which
    Canada contributed 69.1 percent
    and Greenland 30.9 percent
    (Figure 16);
    
    
    • Atka mackerel – total reported
      landings of 49 508 tonnes in 2004
      (58 733 tonnes in 2005; NMFS,
      2007), to which the United States
      of America contributed 100 percent
      (Figure 16);
      
      
      • Argentine anchovy – total
        reported landings of 39 367 tonnes
        in 2004, to which Argentina
        contributed 94.7 percent (Figure
        14).
        Other fish species destined for
        reduction (either from by-products
        or whole):
      
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Alaska pollock – total reported landings 1 522 860 tonnes in 2004 (1 547 010
  tonnes in 2005; NMFS, 2007), to which the United States of America contributed
  99.8 percent (Figure 8);


• Argentine hake – total reported landings 467 748 tonnes in 2004, to which
  Argentina contributed 89.1 percent, Uruguay 8.9 percent and the Falkland

FIGURE 10

Total capture fisheries landings of Gulf menhaden and Atlantic

menhaden within the Americas

Source: FAO (2006a), except 2005 data from NMFS (2007)

Source: FAO (2006a)

FIGURE 11

Total capture fisheries landings of Araucanian herring and

Argentine hake within the Americas

FIGURE 12

Total capture fisheries landings of Atlantic herring and Atlantic

mackerel within the Americas

Source: FAO (2006a)