56 o N April 2017 FFAO AquacultureA N Newsletter In this month’s issue » Feeding Global Aquaculture Growth ii » An Overview of Recently Published Global Aquaculture Statistics 6 » The Importance of Aquaculture in North Africa is Increasing 23 » Rice-Fish Farming in the Malagasy Highlands, Twenty Years after the FAO Projects 33 » Overview of Ornamental Species Aquaculture 38 INVITED EDITORIAL V. CRESPI ©FAO/ M. R. HASAN R. M. food from aquaculture by Indian major carp, which are will largely depend on increasingly fed with commercial Feeding Global the availability of quality feed along with supplementary feeds at affordable prices feeds. Aquaculture in the requisite quantities. In 2013, global production of Aquafeed accounts for fishmeal and fish oil were 4.92 and Growth about 50-80 percent of 0.91 million tonnes, respectively aquaculture production and within the animal husbandry cost and therefore its use subsectors, aquaculture is now the n 2015, global aquaculture has to be carefully considered and largest user of fishmeal and fish oil. Iproduction reached 106 million managed. These two products are primarily tonnes, 76.6 million tonnes of During the period 1995-2015, used for the production of industrial aquatic animals and 29.4 million production from feed-dependent aquafeed; it is estimated that about tonnes of aquatic plants, growing aquaculture increased over fourfold 10 percent of global fishmeal used at an average annual rate of from 12.2 to 50.7 million tonnes, for aquaculture, goes for production 6.6 percent since 1995. This positive largely through intensification of of farm-made aquafeed. Although trend, although now slowing, is production methods. The use of the use of fishmeal and fish oil projected to continue; consequently, aquatic species/species groups in aquafeeds is more prevalent the aquaculture sector is expected such as tilapias, carps, shrimp for higher trophic level finfishes to play a significantly greater role and salmonids with established and crustaceans (marine shrimps, in contributing to food security, aquaculture technologies provided marine fishes, salmons, freshwater poverty alleviation and economic firm market opportunities for crustaceans, trouts, eels, etc.), low- development of the poor. However, increasing production and driving trophic level finfish species/species the global population is increasing production efficiency. In 2015, about groups (carps, tilapias, catfishes, and, in order to maintain at least 50.7 million tonnes of farmed fish milkfish, etc.) are also fed with these the current level of per-capita was dependent upon the supply of products. Over recent decades, consumption of aquatic foods external nutrient inputs provided in significant efforts have been made (19.7 kg in 2013, FAO, 2016), the the form of fresh feed ingredients, by the aquaculture industry to world will require an additional farm-made feeds or commercially reduce the levels of inclusion of 23 million tonnes thereof by manufactured feeds. It is estimated fishmeal and fish oil. The reduction 2020. This additional supply will that in 2015, 47.7 million tonnes of of the feed conversion ratio (FCR) have to come from aquaculture. industrial aquafeed was produced has played an important role in more Meeting the future demand for excluding the commercial feed used efficient use of these inputs, which The designations employed and the presentation of material in this FAO encourages the use, reproduction and dissemination of material information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever in this information product. 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Although the discussion on the availability and use of aquafeed ingredients often focuses on fishmeal and fish oil resources (including low-value fish/trash fish), considering past trends and current predictions, sustainability of the aquaculture sector is more likely to be closely linked with the sustained supply of terrestrial animal and plant proteins, oils and carbohydrate sources for aquafeeds. The aquaculture sector should therefore strive to ensure V. CRESPI sustainable supplies of terrestrial and ©FAO/ plant feed ingredients. chain. Appropriate aquafeed policy, Furthermore, the aquaculture regulatory frameworks, and feed SEE ALSO sector, primarily in Asia and sub- standards need to be developed FAO. 2016. The State of World Fisheries Saharan Africa, is constrained by in those countries where they are and Aquaculture 2016. Contributing to various other factors, including lacking, and institutional capacity food security and nutrition for all. Rome. 200 pp. www.fao.org/3/a-i5555e.pdf inadequate access to finance, a needs strengthening in agencies lack of technical innovation, an responsible for aquaculture absence of feed formulation and management, monitoring and processing knowledge and the use compliance. Other issues that need of inappropriate feed management to be addressed are training and practices. Other constraints to the dissemination of information feed supply, quality and use in to farmers, particularly small- those countries are poor regulatory scale farmers with limited access Mohammad R. Hasan control and a lack of standards to the latest technological and FAO Aquaculture Officer (Feed and Nutrition) throughout the aquafeed value management developments. E-mail: [email protected] M. HASAN M. ©FAO/ FAO AQUACULTURE NEWSLETTER No. 56 ■ APRIL 2017 iii CONTENTS ■ Invited Editorial Feeding Global Aquaculture Growth ii Rice-Fish Culture: An Integrated GLOBAL AQUACULTURE Approach to Efficient Resource Use 13 UPDATES 6 Improving Feed Formulation and ■ From the Statistician’s Desk Better Management Practices for Nile An Overview of Recently Published tilapia and Milkfish Culture in the ©FAO/M. LEDO ©FAO/M. Global Aquaculture Statistics 6 Philippines 14 ■ Meetings/events ■ Europe Tenth Session of the GFCM Scientific Unlocking the Potential of our Marine Advisory Committee on Aquaculture 9 and Renewable Energy Resources through the Power of Research and The Importance of Aquaculture in Innovation 14 North Africa is Increasing 23 AQUACULTURE UPDATES BY REGION 10 ■ Near East and North Africa ■ Latin America and the Enhancing the Quality of Fisheries and Caribbean ■ Asia-Pacific Aquaculture Emergency Preparedness Inclusion of Fish in School Feeding Pilot Implementation of Aquaculture and Response in the Near East and Programs: Recent Efforts in Latin Planning and Management Tools in North Africa Region 19 America 26 Selected ASEAN Member States 10 Technical Workshop on Marine cage Contributions of Aquaculture to Rural Building Capacities for Climate Resilient culture in the Islamic Republic of Iran 21 Development in the Central American Tilapia Farming in the Philippines 11 “Dry Corridor” 27 Third Regional Consultation on the Establishment of the Red Sea and Gulf ■ Sub-Saharan Africa of Aden Aquaculture and Fisheries Blue Growth Initiative in Kenya: Organization (RAAFO) 22 Increasing Knowledge for Informed Decision Making and Support to Farmers 29 Sub-Regional Training Workshop on Doing Aquaculture as a Business 31 Is Aquaculture a Logical Choice for Youth Employment? Lessons Learnt from a Project in Liberia 32 Rice-Fish Farming in the Malagasy Highlands, Twenty Years after the FAO Projects 33 Sixth Annual Meeting of the Aquaculture Network for Africa (ANAF) 37 ©FAO/A. STANKUS ©FAO/A. iv FAO AQUACULTURE NEWSLETTER No. 56 ■ APRIL 2017 CONTENTS NEW STAFF PROFILES 50 NEW PUBLICATIONS 52 ©FAO/L. BIGARRÉ ©FAO/L. CALENDAR OF EVENTS 61 THEMATIC ARTICLES 38 Overview of Ornamental Species Aquaculture 38 Improving the Technical and Economic Performance of Tilapia Farming under Climate Variation from a Bio-Economic Modelling Perspective 40 A Case for Fish to Lead Greater Food Security and Nutrition Outcomes 42 The Potential of World Aquaculture Performance Indicators as a Research and Educational Tool 44 MISCELLANEOUS 45 FAO Assists a Group of French Small-Scale Fishermen During a Visit to Orbetello Lagoon, Italy 45 The Real Secret of the Templars: Farmed Fish as the Basis for