Towards Understanding the Impacts of the Pet Food Industry on World Fish and Seafood Supplies |
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Authors: | De Silva Sena S Turchini Giovanni M |
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Institution: | (1) School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, PO Box 423, Warrnambool, VIC, 3280, Australia;(2) Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific NACA, PO Box 1040, Kasetsart Post office, Bangkok, 10903, Thailand |
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Abstract: | The status of wild capture fisheries has induced many fisheries and conservation scientists to express concerns about the
concept of using forage fish after reduction to fishmeal and fish oil, as feed for farmed animals, particularly in aquaculture.
However, a very large quantity of forage fish is being also used untransformed (fresh or frozen) globally for other purposes,
such as the pet food industry. So far, no attempts have been made to estimate this quantum, and have been omitted in previous
fishmeal and fish oil exploitation surveys. On the basis of recently released data on the Australian importation of fresh
or frozen fish for the canned cat food industry, here we show that the estimated amount of raw fishery products directly utilized
by the cat food industry equates to 2.48 million metric tonnes per year. This estimate, plus the previously reported global
fishmeal consumption for the production of dry pet food suggest that 13.5% of the total 39.0 million tonnes of wild caught
forage fish is used for purposes other than human food production. This study attempts to bring forth information on the direct
use of fresh or frozen forage fish in the pet food sector that appears to have received little attention to this date and
that needs to be considered in the global debate on the ethical nature of current practices on the use of forage fish, a limited
biological resource. |
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Keywords: | Aquaculture Forage fish Low valued fish Pet food industry Trash fish |
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