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

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

TABLE 15Past, current and predicted fish oil use by European aquaculture, 2000–2015Species

FCR

*

2000

2005

2015

Production (tonnes)

Fish oil

(%)

Fish oil use

(tonnes)

Production (tonnes)

Fish oil

(%)

Fish oil use (tonnes)

Production (tonnes)

Fish oil

(%)

Fish oil use (tonnes)

Seabass

1.3

57 811

10

7 515

80 161

11

11 463

132 332

12

20 644

Seabream

1.3

75 232

10

9 780

97 060

11

13 880

140 941

12

21 987

Salmon

1.3

610 947

25

198 558

712 271

22

203 710

926 852

20

240 982

Trout

1.3

444 251

15

86 629

430 496

15

83 947

264 112

15

51 502

Halibut

1.4

135 20

38

905 18

222

2 513 15

528

Turbot

1.4

3 873

20

1 084

6 865

18

1 682

11 863

15

2 491

Cod

1.4

16

20

4

2 600

18

637

14 032

15

2 947

Eels

2.0

11 033

5

1 103

7 800

8

1 170

2 041

10

408

Carps

2.0

79 300

0

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72 090

0.5

721

60 738

1.0

1 215

Catfish

1.5

4 490

1

67

5 470

0.5

41

10 315

0.5

77

Tilapias

1.7

150 1

3

550 0.5

5 1 670 0.5

14

Other freshwater fish

1.7

595 5

51

495 5

42

646 5

55

Sturgeon

1.5

265 15

60

332 12

60

663 12

119

Total

1 288 098

304 892

1 417 095

317 580

1 568 718

342 968

*Food conversion ratioSource

: Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP) (http://www.feap.info/feap/aquaculturedata/default_en.asp)