Greenpeace (www.Greenpeace.org/Africa) is calling on West African governments to immediately phase out the wasteful
fishmeal and fish oil (FMFO) industry, to stop the threat to regional fish stocks essential for the food security and livelihoods of local people, outlined in a new Greenpeace report released today.
The main problems related with
fishmeal substitution include: deficiency of some essential amino acids, presence of anti-nutritional factors, palatability and digestibility (Forster et al., 2003; Naylor et al., 2000).
On the basis of usage of
fishmeal in aquaculture it can be further segmented into marine fish, salmon and trout, tilapias, cyprinids, eels, crustaceans and others.
Anchovy, cold-water fish used to make
fishmeal, thrive in Peru's nutrient-rich Humboldt current and scatter when waters heat up.
As Global Managing Director of NSF International Seafood Programmes, Gregory has developed NSF's seafood strategy, expanded the global seafood programme for import/export traders and enhanced Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification as well as NSF's global
fishmeal programme.
A lot of research on nutrient requirements and
fishmeal replacement with cheaper plant feeds has been conducted.
It's a
fishmeal plant to be built near the company's cannery complex in Naknek.
These fish were compared to salmon fed a standard commercial
fishmeal diet.
Roughly nine of every 10 tons of forage fish hauled in are destined for the "reduction" factory, where they are cooked and pressed to extract the oil; what remains then is dried and milled into
fishmeal, a high-protein brownish powder.
In the reporting period, the company increased the quality of its
fishmeal production.
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Once again, the focus was on
fishmeal and fish oils as well as the use of fish resources for fattening.
One such feed ingredient,
fishmeal, is used as a protein source for several kinds of animal and fish production.
DIOXIN contaminated
fishmeal mixed into animal feed distributed to farms with chickens and pigs in Larnaca and Limassol poses no danger to public health, according to the Deputy Director of the Veterinary Services, Petros Papasozomenos.
