Wild fish and other aquatic organisms as feed in aquaculture in the Americas 199
8.2 Recommendations
In line with the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF) (FAO, 1995),
which states that “States should encourage the use of fish for human consumption”, it
is recommended that:
- the aquaculture sector reduce its dependence upon fishmeal and fish oil through
the use of alternative locally available feed ingredients, the production of which
can keep pace with the growth and specific requirements of the aquaculture
sector; - governments within the region promote the use of the existing feed-grade waste
streams within the fisheries sector, including discarded fisheries bycatch and
fishery processing wastes, as feed in aquaculture; - governments within the region encorage/promote the use of traditional forage fish
species for direct human consumption; and - both commercial fisheries and sports/recreational fisheries be encouraged to
replace food-grade marine fish-bait species by farmed fish-bait species and/or
artificial fish baits developed from feed-grade fish processing waste.
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