Wednesday, January 18, 2012

The FAO publishes guidelines on use of wild fish in feed

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has just published its guidelines on the use of wild fish as feeds in aquaculture to support sections of FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF). The guidelines are based on 10 principles and encompass five key issues:

a) fisheries management considerations,
b) ecosystem and environmental impacts,
c) ethical issues and responsible use,
d) aquaculture technology and development, and
e) statistics and information needs for management.

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This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers. To get your copy of  'PPLAPP' click here.
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