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 the Asia-Pacific

Sena S. De Silva
Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific
PO Box 1040, Kasetsart Post Office, Bangkok 10903
Thailand
Giovanni M. Turchini
School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University,
PO Box 423, Warrnambool, Victoria, 3280
Australia

De Silva, S.S. and Turchini, G.M. 2009. Use of wild fish and other aquatic organisms
as feed in aquaculture – a review of practices and implications in the Asia-Pacific.
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. 63–127.

Summary 64

1. Introduction 66


2. Major trends in Asian aquaculture 67


3. Use of feeds in aquaculture 74


4. Use of fishmeal and fish oil in Asian aquaculture 81


5. Direct use of fish as feed in Asian aquaculture 91


6. Use of live fish as feed in Asian aquaculture 110


7. Use of fish in feeds in Asia-Pacific aquaculture: an overall analysis 111


8. Impacts of fish-based feed inputs in Asia-Pacific aquaculture 112


9. Looking ahead 116


10. Conclusions 119
    Acknowledgements 120
    References 121