21/01/14: New approach to marine resources needed tells FAO; fish farmers advised to keep financial records; new aqua feed market report

José Graziano da Silva director general of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently commented on the issue of global food security, with a focus on how the planet's marine resources need to be managed.

"We cannot keep using marine and aquatic resources as if they were endless. And we cannot keep using our oceans as a waste pool,"  Graziano da Silva remarked at the Blue Economy Summit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab emirates earlier this week.

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Davidson Madira, a financial consultant and managing director of Natural Enterprise Development Ltd., recently commented on the need for fish famers and other aquaculture sector players to keep proper records and continuously research in order to access loans to finance their businesses.

Speaking to the Daily Monitor - Uganda's leading independent daily newspaper - Madira stated that while the portfolio of the banking sector is not so much in support of agriculture and aquaculture, fish farmers ought to present proper records of their businesses in order to benefit.
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US market resource Research and Markets recently announced its new report pertaining to the Aqua Feed market. The report is entitled 2013 Report on the International Aqua Feed Market - Trends & Forecasts To 2018.

Fish can obtain their energy and nutrients from natural food in ponds, from feed supplied by the farmers or from a combination of both the sources. Feed is a major expenditure for fish farmers as it accounts for 40% - 50% of the production cost. 
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The adaptable tilapia is a commonly farmed fish (Photo credit: Wikipedia)