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

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

Talcahuano Port, Talcahuano, Region VIII (Bio-Bio, Chile)

Talcahuano Port, Chile

3. PROCESSING AND PRESERVATION OF PELAGIC FISH AND FISH-BASED
   PRODUCTS IN CHILE
   3.1 Fishmeal and fish oil production
   3.1.1 Present fishmeal and fish oil production and values
   Nowadays the Chilean production of fishmeal and fish oil is around 900 and 170
   thousand tonnes, respectively. Preliminary values for November 2006 indicate that the
   accumulated volume of fishmeal exported represents 37 percent (475 thousand tonnes)
   of fishery product exports, with an estimated value of approximately US$466 million,
   representing about 14 percent of the total value of fishery products exported by Chile
   (Figure 8).
   The capture of the main pelagic species in 2005 was close to 3.5 million tonnes, while
   for November 2006 alone, the accumulated landings totaled 3.1 million tonnes (Table
   2). The main species destined for the production of fishmeal and fish oil come from

Source: SERNAPESCA (2006)

FIGURE 8

Preliminary volumes and values of exports for the main Chilean fish

products (tonnes and millon US$)

2 010

25%^831 61%

466

413 000 14%

33%

382 097

30%

475 000

37%

Salmon and trout Other products Fishmeal

Volume Value

fisheries authority for anchoveta and sardine are 1.66 million tonnes and 285 thousand

tonnes, respectively (Table 3).