F3 - Future of Fish Feed: A collaborative effort toward fish-free aquaculture feeds
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Description
Without forage fish, all of these vitally important species could disappear and this is already occurring as experts estimate that newly born sea lion pup fatalities can rise to 70% due to inadequate supplies of forage fish (3). Consequently, maintaining the forage fish stocks is of critical and strategic importance for preserving life in the oceans. Many scientists say that the current rate of forage fish harvest is unsustainable (i.e. (4)).
Aquaculture, the practice of farming seafood, as it currently is practiced requires forage fish as part of the feed. Disappearance of forage fish means that aquaculture will also decline, and less protein will be available from both aquaculture and wild caught sources. The forage fish bottleneck can be overcome by innovation, and creating fish-free alternatives that will significantly reduce the pressure on forage fish populations. These alternatives can provide the same nutritional value as fish-based feeds to the animals being fed and the eventually to consumers.
F3 Future of Fish Feed is a collaborative effort between NGOs, researchers, and private partnerships to accelerate the commercialization of innovative, alternative aquaculture feed ingredients to replace wild-caught fish. It was launched as the F3: Fish Free Feed Challenge in 2015. Representatives from Australia, Austria, China, Indonesia, Myanmar, China, South Africa, Thailand, and the U.S. submitted entries to create new partnerships to accelerate this process.
The F3 Team commits to:
-Award the first F3 prize in 2017.
-Launch another challenge in 2017 to further innovation
-Hold another stakeholder meeting in 2019
-Encourage an International Feed Innovation Network that accelerates innovations to take pressures off wild-caught fisheries so that forage fish, and the higher trophic levels which represent the ocean as we know it, will remain for future generations.
The F3 Team welcomes collaboration with governments, NGOs and companies to attain the goal of F3 Future of Fish Feed for agriculture and aquaculture, so that our shared future becomes more sustainable.
(1), (2), (3) and (4) - For the list of references used, please see https://protectedseas.net/future-of-fish-feed
SDGS & Targets
Goal 14
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
14.1
By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution
14.1.1
(a) Index of coastal eutrophication; and (b) plastic debris density
14.2
By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans
14.2.1
Number of countries using ecosystem-based approaches to managing marine areas
14.3
Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels
14.3.1
14.4
By 2020, effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement science-based management plans, in order to restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics
14.4.1
14.5
By 2020, conserve at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the best available scientific information
14.5.1
14.6
By 2020, prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, eliminate subsidies that contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and refrain from introducing new such subsidies, recognizing that appropriate and effective special and differential treatment for developing and least developed countries should be an integral part of the World Trade Organization fisheries subsidies negotiation
14.6.1
Degree of implementation of international instruments aiming to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
14.7
By 2030, increase the economic benefits to Small Island developing States and least developed countries from the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism
14.7.1
Sustainable fisheries as a proportion of GDP in small island developing States, least developed countries and all countries
14.a
Increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine technology, taking into account the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology, in order to improve ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries, in particular small island developing States and least developed countries
14.a.1
14.b
Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets
14.b.1
Degree of application of a legal/regulatory/policy/institutional framework which recognizes and protects access rights for small‐scale fisheries
14.c
Enhance the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing international law as reflected in United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which provides the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources, as recalled in paragraph 158 of "The future we want"
14.c.1
Number of countries making progress in ratifying, accepting and implementing through legal, policy and institutional frameworks, ocean-related instruments that implement international law, as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, for the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and their resources
SDG 14 targets covered
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| 14.2 | By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans |
| 14.4 | By 2020, effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement science-based management plans, in order to restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics |
| 14.a | Increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine technology, taking into account the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology, in order to improve ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries, in particular small island developing States and least developed countries |
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Partnership Progress
| Title | Progress Status | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| Partnership Progress 2019-12-17 | Completed | |
| Partnership Progress 2018-07-23 | On track |
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Kevin Fitzsimmons, Professor, Extension Specialist and Research Scientist