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Wegmans to push
land-farmed Atlantic salmon

egmans
Food
Markets is partnering with the
Conservation Funds
Freshwater Institute
for the third year to push its
on-land raised Spring Hill
Salmon to consumers in the
greater Washington D.C. metro
area this March and April.
The Atlantic salmon -- raised
in land-based closed containment systems without the use of
antibiotics, genetically modified
organisms (GMOs), vaccines,
pesticides or hormones in
Shepherdstown, West Virginia -was part of a study, funded in part
by the Gordon and Betty Moore
Foundation and the Atlantic
Salmon Federation, researching
cost-effective, sustainable fish
food options.
The result of these efforts is
a high-quality, local salmon
that has been ranked Best
Choice by the Monterey Bay
Aquariums Seafood Watch,
the Conservation Fund said in a
statement.
Freshwater
Institutes
annual salmon harvest was
first distributed to Wegmans
through seafood distributor J.J.
McDonnell in the spring of 2014.
This year, the fish will be available
in all Wegmans stores located in

Maryland and Virginia.

In addition to Wegmans, the
salmon also will also be distributed to select restaurants in the
D.C. metro area such as Chart
House in Alexandria, the River
Bend Golf & Country Club in
Great Falls and Pikes Fish House
in Leesburg.
An important part of Freshwater
Institutes research in sustainable salmon production is testing
the product with consumers,
which allows Freshwater to gain
valuable consumer feedback
that informs the improvement
of both its technology and its
process, it said.
Local seafood consumers have
learned to watch for the next
innovation from our aquaculture
team, said Joe Hankins, director
of The Freshwater Institute.
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with a feed we specially formulated with Ewos, a global leader
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Nofima working to develop

disease-resistant salmon
Joar Grindheim

esearchers at Nofima
hope, through a process
of breeding, to develop
a strain of salmon that
can be resistant to
several known salmon diseases.
They have also confirmed
Salmobreeds find of genetic
markers against PD (pancreas
disease).
Weve gathered a lot of data
on PD, and well use the material to find the gene or genes
behind PD. We want to find out
if these genes are involved in the
immune system and possibly
affect other diseases. That can
provide us with knowledge that
enables more effective breeding
for good health overall, said
Nofima Researcher Matthew
Baranski.
In collaboration with breeding
technology firm SalmoBreed,
Nofima has found genetic
markers for the salmon disease
PD.
Salmobreed
reported
in September on what they
called an epic breakthrough.
Research carried out at Nofima
confirm these results are solid.
The genetic markers that
were hunted for are linked to
functional genes that steer
how disposed the salmon is to
dying of the salmon disease PD.
Markers Nofima found in an
extensive cooperation, are an
example of how international
research and cooperation can
strengthen research discoveries
and make these PD markers
into a sure card with regard to
breeding salmon that are able to
survive PD.
While Norwegian researchers
had found markers for PD in
post-smolt from SalmoBreeds
salmon strain, Baranski found
out that Roslin Institute in
Scotland was working on
similar research concerning
juveniles for Marine Harvest.
Both research milieus received
permission from their industry
partners to collaborate on
publicizing the finds.
We want to find out if these
genes are involved in the
immune system and possibly
affect other diseases. That can
provide us with knowledge that
enables more effective breeding
for good health overall.
Matthew Baranski, Researcher,
Nofima
It revealed that both research
milieus found markers of the
same chromosome and in the
same area. This means they
validated each others results
and thus the findings are that
much more credible in a publication context.
Its also interesting that
combined we have shown that
probably they are the same
genes that steer mortalities in
juveniles and post-smolt, said
Baranski.
The methodology to carry
out an infection test was also
different, and it shows there
are several ways to attain reli-

able research results.

SalmoBreed now use these
markers to counteract PD
with the aid of genomic selection. This method provides
significantly enhanced preci-

sion in the task of breeding for

attaining this characteristic
than just by the traditional
breeding process on its own.
Nofima is also now working
further with salmon strains

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FEATURE

Chinese shrimp mega

farm is forging ahead

SUSTAINABLE IN CHINA: If China can do sustainable farming, so can everyone, says Sino Agros Anthony Costrowski. Photo: Sino Agro

Progress at the
recirculating facility
is well underway,
execs say, and Oslolisting is on track
for this year.
By Elisabeth Fischer

If we can do sustainable
aquaculture in China
then theres no excuse
for anyone else, said
a confident Anthony
Costrowski, chief scientific
officer at Sino Agro Food (SIAF).
Sitting down with IntraFish
on the sidelines of the North
Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF)
in Bergen, Norway, he presented
the groups ambitious plans for
its Zhongshan MegaFarm, which
according to him could result in
a paradigm shift in the way
shrimp are farmed.
The
United
Statesheadquartered group recently
started stocking the farm with
the first shrimp in a test phase,
and listed on the alternative
Merkur Market in Oslo with the
goal to seek a listing on the Oslo
Stock Exchange.
The gigantic indoor recirculation aquaculture system (RAS)
operation will be built up to a

maximum production capacity

of about 300,000 metric tons of
shrimp (macrobrachium rosenbergii) by 2025.
But actual production will more
likely be around 200,000 metric
tons per year, Ostrowski said.
In addition to shrimp, Sino Agro
plans to target a range of other
aquatic species, and to grow fruit
and vegetables with an aquaponics
system. The facility will also
include an aquatic feed and valueadded plant production.
Next year, production will
be ramped up to about 10,000
metric tons.
Local Chinese investors own
the majority of the plant, while
Sino Agro Food is supplying the
technology. The company also
has an option to increase its stake
from the current 25 percent to 75
percent.

Sustainability is key

The main aim for this vertically integrated farm-to-plate

model is to produce sustainable
shrimp for the growing Chinese
middle class, Ostrowski said.
Sino Agro banks on no massive
disease outbreaks, no antibiotics
and a biologically, environmentally and socially responsible
production with increased efficiency and greater yield, he told
IntraFish.
It will focus on the high-end
live seafood market in China,

FUTURE FARM: The proposed look of Sino Agros Zhongshan MegaFarm.

which is needed to make up for
the higher production cost.
Due to the capital investment
thats required it usually makes
very little sense to do grow-out
in RAS facilities, he said.
So why does it work for Sino
Agro? Higher stocking densities,
higher yields and higher prices,
Ostrowski replied.

Growing
international interest

In November last year, the

company announced it is planning to spin off its aquaculture
operations and list them in Oslo.
Erik Ahl, finance and investor
relations manager at the
company, told IntraFish this

spin-off is going to occur in 2016.

The company is currently
talking to its advisors and is very
interested in having a purely
aquaculture arm and to have it
listed in Oslo.
And investor interest is
growing, he said, adding a
number of people are looking
into it to diversify the risk
from the highly volatile salmon
segment.
One well-known industry veteran
looking to invest is Bjorn Myrseth,
owner of Vitamar, and one of
the founders of Stolt Sea Farms
and Marine Farms, which was
acquired by now Marine Harvestowned Morpol in 2010 and is now
part of Cooke Aquaculture.

Ive always been interested

in RAS, and was invited to visit
Sino Agro Food in September. I
was there in January, and think
what they do is very interesting,
he told IntraFish.
There are great opportunities for both investors and
the company. This is the right
company with the right technology and the right products in
the right market.
So far, he has not bought any
shares but has already been
asked to join the companys
board, which he agreed to do
after the restructuring and spinoff, Myrseth said.
I want to see and wait how the
listing goes, he told IntraFish.

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De-lousing kills
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Marine Harvest site
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The
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occurred when the company
carried out a de-lousing of all
the cages at one of its farm sites,
the company wrote in a report
to the Norwegian Food Safety
Authority (NFSA).
Unfortunately we had excessive
mortalities with this treatment,
Eivind Naevdal-Bolstad, communications director at Marine
Harvest, told IntraFish.
The reason was the fish that
were being treated were far
weaker than had been anticipated, he added.
Around 19,620 fish died immediately after treatment, but this
figure increased to a total of
32,700 fish a week later.
Even though we attempted to
solve this as gently as possible,
we figure it was the handling
and overcrowding that led to
the mortalities, Marine Harvest
said in the report.
The fish groups had both a
pancreatic disease (PD) diagnosis and circulatory system
collapse. The company pointed
out that retrieval of the dead fish
was executed as quickly as was
practicably possible.
In the report the company also
stressed a critical assessment
would be made of the problems
associated with Thermolicer
usage.
A compilation will be made
of the practical experiences we
have after this round with use
of Thermolicer in Region Vest
and call in relevant fish health
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this.
Fine-tuning of Best Practice in
connection with this method.
Winter is, with its low sea
temperatures, a highly riskfilled period for handling of fish,
regardless of handling methods.
Its only a few months ago
since we started treating with
Thermolicer, and we are working
continuously to optimize the
treatment process to reduce
mortalities.
Knowledge and experiences
with usage to be dealt internally and externally, and were
also working on establishing a
so-called best practice.
Naevdal-Bolstad
said
lice
figures in the area are fortunately
low and under good control.
From now on we will be
working further with preventive
measures to reduce the need for
treatments, in that all handling
of fish carries a level of risk.
Therefore we have several initiatives ongoing with cleaner fish,
lice skirts, deep-water feeding
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WIN-WIN: A big victory of ocean-raised Atlantic salmon from Maine.

Cooke Aquaculture
reaches huge milestone
with Seafood Watch rating
Ocean-raised
Atlantic salmon in
Maine improved
from a red, or
avoid, rating to
a yellow, or good
alternative, rating.

recent Monterey Bay

Aquarium
Seafood
Watch report offered
its most recent assessment of Atlantic North
American salmon raised in
marine net pens, and Cooke
Aquaculture walked away as a
big winner from the decision.
Ocean-raised Atlantic salmon
in Maine improved from a red,
or avoid, rating to a yellow, or
good alternative, rating. The one
criteria in the red is for chemicals
and no criteria are currently classified as critical.
In 2013, about 18,600 metric
tons of salmon worth $105
million was produced out of
Maine marine net pens. This

accounts for 40 percent of

Atlantic North Americas total.
New Brunswick-based Cooke
Aquaculture is the only company
with Atlantic salmon raised in
marine net pens in Maine and
no other ocean-raised Atlantic
salmon farmer in North America
has achieved the yellow rating
from Seafood Watch until now,
said Nell Halse, Cooke communications director.
Its a huge milestone for us,
she told IntraFish. The salmon
is sold under Cookes True
North Salmon brand. Some in
the industry are loyal to the
Seafood Watch ratings and being
upgraded to yellow, opens the
door for us to those customers.
Were hopeful that in the
near future we will see the same
move for our Atlantic Canadian
salmon, she said, adding that
Cookes current focus is to
improve the Seafood Watch
rating for its Canadian salmon.
While Seafood Watch put
Atlantic Canadian salmon in the
yellow range on some criteria,
three other criteria were in the
red, which dropped the entire
species.

TRUE NORTH: Cookes True North Salmon is the only one

raised in marine net pens in Maine.
The three criteria in the red are
chemicals, escapes and disease,
but no criteria are currently
classified as critical. We have an
open and cooperative relationship with Monterey Bay, Halse
said. She added the data used in
Seafood Watchs report comes
from up-to-date information

Cooke supplies the agency but

also a lot of older data, which
negatively impacts the final
rating.
The industry has changed
dramatically and there are
constant improvements, even
in the last few months, some of
the work and innovations we

implemented would change the

assessment, she said. Were
optimistic we can work with
Monterey to improve our rating.
One recent improvement is
Cookes phasing out of antifoulant biocides used in its net pens.
Weve invested tens of millions
in nets and containment over the
last few years.
Another issue Cooke is tackling
is chemicals. The Seafood Watch
report says of Atlantic Canada
farmed salmon, the use of antibiotics ... is markedly high and
antibiotics deemed Highly- and
Critically Important to Human
Health, as defined by the World
Health Organization (WHO),
are used.
We have provided them with
antibiotic numbers for 2015 and
[Seafood Watch] acknowledged
the numbers have gone down,
Halse told IntraFish. She added
the number of returns in the
report is also not correct and up
to date.
All of Cookes North American
operations are 4-star certified
under the Global Aquaculture
Alliance (GAA) Best Aquaculture
Practices (BAP).

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Are algal blooms

connected to
El Nino?

ears of algal bloom, or red

tide, are at the forefront
of the salmon industrys
collective mind, thanks to
a massive crisis in Chile
and even in general, losses due to
toxic algal blooms are reported
to be in excess of $82 million
(73.5 million) to all associated
marine industries, according
to Bill McGraw, an aquaculture
and environmental scientist
and founder of New Aqua Tech
Panama.
Algal blooms can skyrocket
fish mortalities, the aquaculture expert explained in a letter
sent to IntraFish and the exact
mechanism of mortality may be
a combination of oxygen depletion in water, production of
deadly toxins and in some cases
irritation to skin and gills, which
produce excess mucus and interferes with normal respiration.
While the toxic algal growth
can be caused by natural and
regular upwelling in the ocean,
the development of toxic algae
seems to be on the rise both in
severity and in the areas affected,
McGraw wrote.
The latest Chilean crisis, he
said, is from higher temps of 2-4
degrees Celsius above normal
due to a strong El Nino, lack of
rainfall and water movement and
lots of sunlight.
Changes in conditions, such
as slowed water circulation and
increasing nutrients such as
nitrogen and phosphorous, can
cause intense algae blooms.
There are about 40 or so
species of well-known harmful
algae producing toxins which
are created to ward off consumption by ubiquitous, microscopic
zooplankton,
McGraw
explained.
Harmful cholera bacteria
thrive in zooplankton blooms
caused by an increase in available
algae and as 80 percent of disease
is known to be water born, toxic
algae have far reaching effects.
When phosphorous levels
become low, some common algae
such as Karenia brevis, which
results in the red tide in the gulf
of Mexico, actually increase the
toxins they produce. As soon as
the algae run out of nitrogen and
phosphorous they weaken and
are often destroyed by none other
than viruses along with herbivorous plankton.
As more algae decay, this may
result in a huge oxygen deficit
causing death to most aerobic
organisms that cant get away
from the anaerobic zones created.
Lower pH in some waters actually inhibit the toxicity of some
freshwater algae while toxins
from algal blooms are eventually broken down by bacteria, he
concluded.

FEATURE 11

TOXIC: Algal blooms have hit Chiles production hard. Photo: Alltech

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12 FEATURE

ANCHOVY CENTRAL: Peru is the giant, but theres room now for India, Vietnam, Ecuador, Russia, Morocco, Mauritania, Mexico and others.

IFFO analyst: Peru

remains largest
x-factor in feed supply
Peru might be back
this year.
By Elisabeth Fischer

rojections for the global

fishmeal and supply this
year are more or less on
par with last years supply
of 4.5 million metric tons,
according to Enrico Bachis, chief
analyst at IFFO. Speaking at the
North Atlantic Seafood Forum
(NASF) in Bergen, Norway, this
week, Bacchis said Peru remains
the largest x-factor in the feed
market this year.
Should science and politics coincide, the country could be looking
at a total anchovy quota of more
than 5 million metric tons for the
year. Of this, more than 2.5 million
metric tons could be fished in the

first season in the north/center

region, and 2 million metric tons
in the second season.
In the south, 2016 quotas could
come to around 300,000 metric
tons per fishing season. Peru
might be back this year, Bachis
said.
Chile is seeing more or less
stable fishing quotas at around 1.4
million metric tons. Scandinavia
is giving a more mixed picture,
however. In Denmark, were
actually looking at a lower
amount of raw material. The
total allowable catch (TAC) for
sand eel -- which was 306,000
metric tons last year -- has yet
to be decided, Bachis said. On
Wednesday, the International
Council for the Exploration of
the Sea (ICES) recommended a
very low TAC, however.
Last years quota in Denmark for
sand eel, sprat, Norway pout and

boar fish for fishmeal production

came to 799,000 metric tons.
Norway is not looking good
either mainly due to the 44.6
percent cut in the blue whiting
quota from 498,173 metric tons
to 275,950 metric tons and the
19.7 percent drop in the TAC for
Norwegian mackerel.
So far, the TAC for this year
amounts to slightly more than 1
million metric tons -- excluding
sand eel -- down from 1.47 million
metric tons last year. The picture
in Iceland is a similar one, with a
massive drop in fishing quota,
Bacchis said.
The TAC for capelin was cut
by 74.3 percent year-on-year to
100,315 metric tons, and blue
whiting is seeing a 40.3 percent
drop to 128,415 metric tons.
So far, the TAC for Iceland -excluding mackerel -- stands at
285,853 metric tons, down from

828,285 metric tons last year.

In Scandinavia were probably looking at less than 400,000
metric tons of fishmeal from
that region this year, Bachis
said. Expected global fishmeal
production by producers under
IFFO is at about 4.56 million
metric tons, he told the audience.

Room for growth?

In this environment emerging

suppliers such as India, Vietnam,
Ecuador,
Russia,
Morocco,
Mauritania, Mexico and others
could play an increasingly more
important role, Bachis said.
While their participation is still
fairly low, it has been growing.
In an environment where you
have a declining production,
the new emerging countries are
contributing more and more, he
told the audience.
Over the past 10 years (2006

to 2015) Peru and Chile reduced

their share of global fishmeal production from 40 to 31
percent. Emerging markets on
the other hand grew theirs from
35 to 49 percent. The picture is a
similar one for fish oil. Over the
years Peru and Chile saw their
production share reduced from
49 to 38 percent, while emerging
markets grew theirs from 29 to
38 percent.
Overall fishmeal production
in 2015 amounted to 4.5 million
metric tons, according to IFFOs
first estimations. Production of
fish oil came to 851,000 metric
tons.
Bachis believes there is room
for growth -- to 5 million metric
tons for fishmeal and 1 million
metric tons for fish oil. Were
still below that threshold we
would like to see, he told the
audience.

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Large-scale aquaculture center

begins vibratory oyster screening
New technology can
take huge burden
off of the farmers.

creening oysters at a
large-scale seed oyster
production
facility,
such as The New Jersey
Aquaculture Innovation
Center (AIC) at Rutgers
University can be a daunting task
if done by hand.
The 22,000-square-foot facility
produces
disease-resistant,
fast-growing seed oysters for
commercial grow-out, research
and native oyster bed restoration and it churns out more than
10 million seed oysters per year.
Due to this sheer size, sorting by
size for counting and redistribution in the nursery is a frequent
and essential operation in the
seed oyster production cycle,
Rutgers said.
Sorting with a 2 foot by 2 foot
hand-held screener was tough,
said AIC lead researcher and
technician for hatchery production Matt Neuman.
It took all day for a three- or
four-man crew to complete each
round of sorting, he explained.
And the added weight of
seawater mixed with the product

took a huge toll on everyones

shoulders.
The center now utilizes a
better alternative: A mechanical,
30-inch-diameter Vibroscreen
circlar vibratory screener, nade
by New Jersey-based Kason
Corporation.
Now, it takes one operator less
than two hours to do the days
screening, Rutgers said.
As the leading research and
education hub for New Jerseys
aquaculture community, the AIC
studies and teaches methods of
commercially raising seafood,
benefiting a wide range of stakeholders from aquaculture
entrepreneurs and restoration
specialists, to governmental
resource managers and nongovernmental organizations, to
the fishing industry.
AIC supplies some growers
with seed oysters as small as
2 mm for cultivation in their
own upweller systems while
the remaining oysters grow at
about one millimeter per week;
sorting becomes key to prevent
overcrowding and to separate
oysters by size as they continue
to grow. It also becomes more
challenging at that time if done
with hand-held screens.
The remaining oysters at AIC
grow at about a millimeter per

LESSENING THE BURDEN: Screening by hand could prove difficult and time-consuming,
the innovation center said.
week. Sorting to prevent overcrowding and to separate oysters
by size becomes more frequent
as they grow, and with the
increasing weight of the oysters
more challenging to sort with
hand-held screens.
We looked at every supplier,
and learned that pretty much
every clammer in New Jersey

uses Kason screening equipment, Neuman said.

Kasons K30-1-SS Vibroscreen
circular vibratory screener now
in use at the AIC is a single-deck
model with four interchangeable screens sized at 8mm, 6mm,
4mm, and 2mm mesh. Typical
sorting
operations
involve
several screen changes. Neuman

also looked at Kasons multi-deck

models for sorting multiple sizes
simultaneously but determined
they were more than we needed
for the scale of our operation.
The new screener has freed
seasonal staffing for other tasks,
and it allows us to get bigger seed
oysters out earlier, which our
growers like, Neuman said.

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SHADES
OF ISA
Production plummets as algal bloom takes toll

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FEATURE 15

fter
a
challenging
2015, Chilean salmon
farmers had begun to
focus on international
positioning, the implementation of antibiotic-free
treatments and generally looking
forward to a more constructive
year. No-one could have foreseen
the strike of a yet larger crisis, the
algal bloom reported on farms in
Region X from Feb. 25.
So far, it is impossible to estimate the reach of the disaster, but
it is already affecting the industry
on all levels -- production,
companies value, international
reputation and employment -reminding producers of scenes
from 2007 when the Chilean
aquaculture industry faced its
biggest crisis in history with the
outbreak of infectious salmon
anemia (ISA). The highly contagious disease caused massive
mortalities and losses right up
until 2011, with the countrys
salmon production plummeting
65 percent over three years and
sector employment crashing by
40 percent over the same period.
The algal bloom reported in
a number of Chilean salmon
farms in Los Lagos and Chiloe
has caused estimated losses of 20
million fish to date, according to
SalmonChile. Estimated losses
of 2016 to date are approximately
20 million fish, or the equivalent
of 85,000 metric tons of Atlantic
salmon had the fish grown to
normal harvesting weight, said
SalmonChile in a press release.
The majority of the dead fish
formed part of a 2016 harvest,
although the algal bloom is also
affecting 2017 harvests as well. In
addition, 2 million Coho salmon
have been killed, which if left for
fattening and harvested for sale,
would have reached 4,500 metric
tons.
According to the latest updates
by Chiles National Service
of Fisheries and Aquaculture
(Sernapesca),
mortalities
affected 29 salmon farms
belonging to 12 companies,
named AquaChile, Blumar,
Camanchaca, Salmones Austral,
Marine Harvest, Australis Mar,
Salmones Humboldt, Marine
Farm, Cermaq, Ventisqueros,
Caleta Bay and Salmones Aysen.
The costs of the insured and
uninsured
The financial impact of the
crisis is becoming clear as major
companies on the Santiago Stock
Exchange report their losses, but
with some companies uninsured,
the pain will be felt more keenly
by some companies than others.
Salmon farming group Blumar
confirmed Thursday that its
Caicura center, located in the
second district, saw mortalities
reach 210,000 fish so far, out
of a total of 1,171,642 Atlantic
salmon.
The dead fish, weighing an
average of 1.5 kilograms each,
account for 18 percent of the total
value, estimated at $7.4 million
(6.8 million). The company has
nine centers in Region XI, as well,
which has not been affected by the
algal bloom. However, there is a
risk alert on those sites, too, and
we have contingency measures in
place, the company announced
on the stock exchange.

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WILDFIRE: A dozen Chilean companies have reported the presence of algae on more than 30 sites.
Blumar has an insurance policy
on all its centers covering risks
of natural causes, such as an
algal bloom, with a deductible of
14 percent for each event, based
on the total accumulated cost
registered by the company at the
close of the latest monthly exercise prior to the event. Based
on figures from its January
report, Blumar estimates some
$1.04 million (952,848) will be
covered by insurance. In addition, the policy covers mitigation
measures totalling $250,000
(229,325), the company said.
Camanchaca, on the other
hand, announced three sites
were affected -- Puelche,
Manihueico and Contao -- with
mortality levels at around 4,500
metric tons of fish. The company
has an insurance policy covering
losses based on biomass value,
from a deducible equivalent to
18 percent of the biomass value
registered by the company
immediately before an event
takes place. The insurance covers
the centers independently, the
company said, adding that it

can confirm that biomass losses

have exceeded 18 percent in each
of the centers. Camanchacas
insurance also covers up to 50
percent of the costs of the contingency methods used to mitigate
the impacts of the event.
AquaChile tallied mortalities
in four of its centers -- Copera,
Herradura, Isla Guar and
Huenquillahue -- all of them
located in the second district
of Region X. The company said
Wednesday 2.3 million Atlantic
salmon died as a result of the
algal bloom so far, totaling 3,900
metric tons, which represents an
estimated value of $15 million
(13.8 million). AquaChile does
not have an insurance against
the event, and estimates losses
will account for 9 percent of
the companys total volumes, or
around 8.5 percent of the value,
the company said in a note on the
Santiago Stock Exchange.
Australis reported losses at its
Huito center in Los Lagos of 90
metric tons of Atlantic salmon.
In total, 500,000 fish of an average
weight of 180 grams died, which

means losses will affect the 2017

harvest. The company doesnt
have an insurance policy for the
losses, which so far amount to
$1.1 million (1 million).

The lessons of ISA

The ISA crisis reached its peak

in May 2009, and mortality
levels were only residual -under 2 percent-- from July 2009
onwards. However, the effects of
the crisis were still taking their
toll in 2010 and 2011. While
coho salmon exports remained
strong in markets such as Japan,
Atlantic salmon sales in the
United States decreased 33
percent during the crisis, and
started recovering in 2011, to
suffer a major fall again in 2015
as Norway positioned itself
as the largest exporter to the
United States. To prevent and
avoid disease, the sector reduced
stocking densities by 35 percent
in 2011, and implemented a
new set of regulations aimed at
preventing future disease crises.
However, the industry was hit by
salmon rickettsial septicaemia

(SRS) in 2014, and was forced to

increase antibiotic use in salmon
farms, which led wholesalers
such as Costco to withdraw a
vast majority of Chilean salmon
from its shelves across the
country in 2015. By year end,
producers were optimistic about
the future, and in February,
Chile authorized the use of an
attenuated live vaccine developed by Pharmaq that brought
hope to the industry as it could
reduce treatment costs and antibiotic use in the country.
On
Feb.
25,
however,
Camanchaca reported the presence of harmful algae on three of
its sites, reporting mortality levels
reaching 1.5 million, or stocks
worth $22 million (20 million).
Since then, a total of 12 companies have reported the presence of
the algae, affecting 34 sites.
In under a week, farmers
reported millions in losses and
publicly-listed companies saw
their share value plummet, after
a very good start to the year that
led Chilean authorities to question companies such as Australis

and Camanchaca over extraordinary price rises in January.

Chiles salmon producers representative body SalmonChile said
the crisis will affect employment,
although it is still too soon to give
an estimate on the final impact.
This will affect harvests in the
second half of the year and we still
have time to come up with alternatives to minimize the impact
in workforce, Felipe Sandoval,
president of SalmonChile, told
IntraFish.
So far, mortality has totaled 22
million fish, of which 20 million
were Atlantic salmon and the
remaining 2 million were coho,
representing a total of 85,000
metric tons had the fish been
fattened and harvested in due
time.
Controversial measures are now
being considered. For instance
-- though the companies are
continuously removing dead fish
and processing them as fishmeal
-- processors will very likely throw
dead fish out to sea in cases where
decomposition levels are so high it
could pose a risk to human health.

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Has the Faroes found a

solution to sealice issue?
Bakkafrost is
managing to
eliminate 99
percent of sealice
on its fish.
By Jogvan Gardar

uring 2016 so far,

Faroese salmon farmer
Bakkafrost has cut back
lice numbers from more
than two female lice per
salmon to 0.3 lice per salmon
-- without the use of medicine -turning the lice situation around
from crisis to something that
could very well prove the Faroese
have hit on an important solution
to keeping lice under control.
Bakkafrosts entire management
was present at Hotel Continental
in Oslo last Wednesday: CEO
Regin Jacobsen; CFO Gunnar
Nielsen; Havsbrn Managing
Director Odd Eliasen, and the
Chairman of Bakkafrost, Rni
M. Hansen. All four were thrilled
with their financial results,
but their lice results, in particular, had them beaming from
ear to ear. The solution? Fresh
water. CEO Regin Jacobsen and
members of the management
team including CFO Gunnar
Nielsen and Havsbrun Managing
Director Odd Eliasen, together
with chairman Runi Hansen,
presented their findings last week
at the Hotel Continental. Eliasen
called the treatment extremely
exciting.

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A few years ago, in the midst of

building a new well boat, Hans
a Bakka, management saw an
opportunity to mimic salmons
natural method for removing lice
-- swimming up river. We took
stock of the situation, and decided
to make the necessary changes to
the vessel design, Jacobsen said.
This amounted to an extra investment of around NOK 20 million
(2.1 million/$2.3 million). We
didnt know if the idea would work
in reality, but we were willing to
give it a go.
In September and October they
tested the boat and the freshwater
solution. It worked reasonably
well, after which they made
some technical changes before
the solution fell into place. In
brief, the system works by hosing
salmon clean with fresh water in
the barge, then marinating it in
fresh water for a few hours before
a second hosing treatment before
being released back into cages.
The first test of the project
was November of last year. The
results were overwhelming, said
Jacobsen.

From top to bottom

At the beginning of December

lice numbers were at a peak in
Faroese cages, which is normal,
but this winter the figures were
higher than previous years.
Authorities allow two adult
female lice per salmon, while the
limit in Norway is 0.5.
In December our farms were
over the maximum limit. The
freshwater treatment broke the
back of the lice, and the last
counts show we now average 0.3
female lice per salmon in our
cages. The aim is for this figure
to be reduced a good deal more
during Spring, said Jacobsen.
We havent just managed to
combat the big lice. The louse has
nine stages, and with our freshwater treatment weve succeeded
in eliminating up toward 99
percent of the lice in all nine
stages.
Another advantage of this
treatment, according to the CEO,
is that the salmon remain in
good condition during and after
the treatment. Were seeing
the salmon start eating immediately they return to the cages
after the treatment. We dont
see that in connection with most
of the other treatments we have
employed, he said.
Bakkafrost hasnt utilized any
medicines after Hans a Bakka
commenced
the
treatment
procedure.
Jacobsen said the company
has put both large and small
salmon through the freshwater
cleansing. We have cleansed
salmon weighing over five kilos,
and salmon that are one kilo -- it
works fine with all sizes, he said.
With salmon of around five
kilos we manage to cleanse 400
metric tons per full day, while
with salmon of around one kilo
were able to cleanse two to four
cages in the space of 24 hours.

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New
technology
aims to
prevent EMS
outbreak in
Panama
A scientist has
created an idea
to help avoid
outbreaks like
neighboring Mexico.

n a bid to prevent an outbreak

of early mortality syndrome
(EMS) like its neighbor
Mexico, a scientist in Panama
has developed a new technology to help shrimp farmers in
the country.
The technology created by
Panamanian resident and aquac-

ulture scientist, Bill McGraw, will

provide a biosecure, zero water
exchange system for growing
shrimp that has a zero percent
chance of being affected by any
disease, reports Caribbean News
Now.
More than $20 million (17.9
million) has been spent on
research into the system over
the past 25 years in the United
States and overseas, working
with the Texas-based company
Spirit Sustainable Resources
International.
The system has been proven to
be efficient, economically viable,
robust and free of disease during

SO LONG, EMS: The technology will provide a biosecure, zero water exchange system for
shrimp that creator Bill McGraw says has a zero percent chance of being affected by EMS.
its use for four years in the province of Chiriqui, Panama, and
three years in overseas countries,
reports the company.
There are no herbicides, pesticides and all plants and animals
are non-GMO and organically
produced. There are also no
antibiotics used and there are no
plans to include chemicals in the
processing procedure.
And unlike any shrimp
produced in the US and Panama,

shrimp production will be

conducted 365 days per year
under greenhouse.
The system uses lined ponds
and recycles shrimp waste in a
recirculation system that feeds
edible plants and fish and is
entirely self-contained.
A farm composed of commercial modules covering 40 hectares
could produce as much shrimp
as is currently grown in all of
Panama and provide thousands

of jobs in the Chiriqui province.

The new farming method
does not have any impact upon
the environment, as it does not
release any nutrient rich water
from shrimp ponds.
Additionally, the system is
entirely biosecure, as it does not
bring in any new replacement
water and is contained, with
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Aller Aqua builds

on African presence
with Zambia feed
factory

The slow decline

of Brazilian
shrimp
farming

BRAZIL: Why is the government not being supportive?

Only a decade ago,

the country was
seen as a booming
industry on a global
scale. So what
happened?
By Lola Navarro

razilian farmed shrimp

exports fell 72 percent,
from 277 metric tons in
2014 to 77 metric tons in
2015 in terms of volume,
and 81 percent, from $2.2
million (2 million) to $400,000
(360,320) in terms of value in
the same period as the government has failed to lend support
to the once-thriving industry.
Only over a decade ago, Brazils
shrimp farming was seen as a
booming industry on a global
scale, with exports of 58,455
metric tons at a value of $226
million (203.6 million) in 2003.
As exports began falling following
disease, licensing restrictions
and increasing tariffs, shrimp
producers focused on supplying
local demand.
However, production in the
country is also decreasing and
volumes fell from 85,000 metric
tons in 2014 to 76,000 metric
tons in 2015 due to white spot
affecting crops again, Itamar
Rocha, president of Brazils
shrimp farmers association told
IntraFish.
Our focus for the past years
has been and will continue to

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be in the foreseeable future on

meeting our internal market
demand, Rocha said. But some
producers on an independent
basis would like to have a small
export channel opened up to
markets like China and Russia
just to counterbalance internal
market fluctuations.
At the moment, shrimp
consumption per capita in Brazil
amounts to 0.5 kilograms a year,
compared to beef per capita
consumption of 55 kilograms a
year. We feel this market still
has a huge potential as shrimp is
competitively priced compared
to beef, Rocha said.
Industry leaders are holding
discussions on how to increase
demand and production, and
potentially get back to the international markets. However,
a weak Brazilian real against
a strong US dollar favoring
global shrimp producers and
exporters such as Ecuador, and
the shutdown of any support the
sector could be benefiting of are
hampering the sectors efforts to
revive the industry.
We really dont have government support for the activity as
a whole. Last year, the ministry
of fisheries and aquaculture
was extinguished and it is the
ministry of agriculture that is
responsible for these sectors
now, Rocha said.
In addition, shrimp farmers in
the country continue to struggle
to obtain licenses and consequently have limited access to
credit lines, which makes it difficult for new investments in the
industry to come by.

anish aquaculture feed

company Aller Aqua
Group is building a new
factory in Zambia as
part of its partnership
with Zambian tilapia farmer
Yalelo.
The new company and factory
will be called Aller Aqua
Zambia, and will be the largest
and most modern of its kind in
Africa, according to the group.
It will have a capacity of 50,000
metric tons of feed per year,
and the investment is approximately $10 million, explains
Henrik Halken, group VP, who
is responsible for the companys
activities on the African continent.
It comes one year after opening
a new factory in Egypt and
at the same time as building
work starts on a new factory in
Qingdao, China.
Alongside the construction of
Aller Aquas Zambian fish feed
factory, Yalelo has commenced
an expansion project to increase
production to 20,000-30,000
tons of tilapia within the next
few years.
Both companies see great
prospects in the collaboration.
The fish feed factory gives Aller
Aqua a great basis for expansion in Zambia, a country which
aims to be self-sufficient with
farmed fish -- but also able to
export to neighboring countries
such as: Angola, Zimbabwe,
Mozambique,
Botswana,
Namibia, Malawi, Tanzania and
Congo.
The factory will be situated
near the town of Siavonga, on
the shore of Lake Kariba, and is
expected to be ready mid-2017,
provided the final commitments
and permits are given from
various authorities and institutions as expected, said Halken.
Demand for affordable protein
is growing quickly in Africa,
which is one of the worlds fastest
growing regions by both population and income. Aquaculture
is expected to play a significant
role in African food security and
lakes such as Kariba, Victoria
and Volta offer high potential.
With the great potential
in Africa it is important that
we are present. Aller Aqua
needs to make the most of the
momentum we have created
over the last few years. We have
experienced significant growth
in Egypt in 2015 and created
two new sales subsidiaries in
both Kenya and Nigeria, both
of which contribute positively
to the companys growth, said
Halken. In Zambia and the
region we plan to replicate our
experience of supporting smallholder fish farmers through
training in the use of more efficient commercial fish feeds.

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TEAM: Quality feed supply will support Yalelos growth Photo: Yalelo

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Aller Aqua builds

on African presence
with Zambia feed
factory

anish aquaculture feed

company Aller Aqua
Group is building a new
factory in Zambia as
part of its partnership
with Zambian tilapia farmer
Yalelo.
The new company and factory
will be called Aller Aqua
Zambia, and will be the largest
and most modern of its kind in
Africa, according to the group.
It will have a capacity of 50,000
metric tons of feed per year,
and the investment is approximately $10 million, explains
Henrik Halken, group VP, who
is responsible for the companys
activities on the African continent.
It comes one year after opening
a new factory in Egypt and
at the same time as building
work starts on a new factory in
Qingdao, China.
Alongside the construction of
Aller Aquas Zambian fish feed
factory, Yalelo has commenced
an expansion project to increase
production to 20,000-30,000
tons of tilapia within the next
few years.
Both companies see great
prospects in the collaboration.
The fish feed factory gives Aller
Aqua a great basis for expansion in Zambia, a country which
aims to be self-sufficient with
farmed fish -- but also able to
export to neighboring countries
such as: Angola, Zimbabwe,
Mozambique,
Botswana,
Namibia, Malawi, Tanzania and
Congo.
The factory will be situated
near the town of Siavonga, on
the shore of Lake Kariba, and is
expected to be ready mid-2017,
provided the final commitments
and permits are given from
various authorities and institutions as expected, said Halken.
Demand for affordable protein
is growing quickly in Africa,
which is one of the worlds fastest
growing regions by both population and income. Aquaculture
is expected to play a significant
role in African food security and
lakes such as Kariba, Victoria
and Volta offer high potential.
With the great potential
in Africa it is important that
we are present. Aller Aqua
needs to make the most of the
momentum we have created
over the last few years. We have
experienced significant growth
in Egypt in 2015 and created
two new sales subsidiaries in
both Kenya and Nigeria, both
of which contribute positively
to the companys growth, said
Halken. In Zambia and the
region we plan to replicate our
experience of supporting smallholder fish farmers through
training in the use of more efficient commercial fish feeds.

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TEAM: Quality feed supply will support Yalelos growth Photo: Yalelo

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Game changing
salmon feed boasts
0.7:1 FIFO ratio

By Kim Tran

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etail giant Whole Foods

Market, importer Blue
Circle, feed giant BioMar
and Norwegian fish
farmers Kvary and
Selsyvik, Norway introduced a
new salmon raised on an innovative feed called In the Blue.
The feed led to the first farmed
salmon with a fish-in, fish-out
ratio below 1-to-1 and earned the
Good Alternative rating from
the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Seafood Watch on Monday.
Its game changing. No one
has set these ambitious goals
and reached them, said Vidar
Gundersen,
sustainability
manager of BioMar.
Currently, In the Blues fish-in,
fish-out ratio is 0.7-to-1 while
other salmon farms have rations
as high as 1.6-to-1. Whole Foods
aquaculture standards have
target ratios of 1-to-1. I dont
know of another salmon farm
thats a net producer and to me
thats a big deal, said David Pilat,
global seafood coordinator for
Whole Foods Market.
Fish farmers look to keep that
ratio down as feed is costly. Ten
years ago, fishmeal was about
$500 (457.20) per ton and today
it runs about $1,500 (1,372) per
ton. However, for the fish farmers,
its not the price thats driven
us, its the innovation part and
we see it as an investment in the
future, said Alf-Goran Knutsen,
CEO of Kvaroy Fiskeoppdrett.
The feed is the most important
part of producing salmon.
Gundersen said Biomar is
continuing research to potentially make the feed even more
sustainable. This is not a final-

ized project, said Gundersen.

We want to continue to improve
the product and bring that ratio
down.

Sustainability from the start

Traditionally, feed for farmed

salmon consists of marine ingredients, or fish caught solely for
feed purposes, said Gundersen.
In comparison, the new feed uses
trimmings from wild fish already
intended for human consumption.
All of the fish oil comes from
trimmings of fish such as herring
from
Marine
Stewardship
Council-certified fisheries. The
fishmeal has a minimum of 25
percent of trimmings. We try to
use as much trimmings as possible,
so that trimmings do not go to cat
food, fertilizer, etc., it goes back to
the fish, where it belongs, he said.
Trimmings do not count toward
the fish-in fish-out calculation
because the carbon is allocated to
the main product. We want to be a
net fish producer.
Carrie Brownstein, global
seafood quality standards coordinator for Whole Foods, said
other fish producers look to
reduce their fish-in fish-out ratio
by using other types of proteins
such as poultry meal or other
land animal products, but our
quality standards prohibit that.
We feel that doesnt represent a
very natural diet for a fish.

Keeping it clean

The feed is tested for 180 contaminants. Normally, with farmed

fish, the contaminants come
from the feed, said Brownstein.
The fish-in fish-out ratio is a
calculation of whole wild fish
relative to the amount of fish that

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SUSTAINABLE: This
FIFO has never been
reached before.

TRIMMINGS: All the fish oil comes from trimmings of fish, such as herring, solely from
MSC-certified fisheries.
is produced, she noted.
For a long time, we looked at
trimmings as a way to reduce
wild fish that was caught for
feed. However, the more trimmings used [in the feed], the
more contaminants there would
be because thats where contaminant levels are highest, she said.
But with the technology of
cleaning the feed, In the Blue has
the trimmings to lower the ratio
as well as have high purity levels.
Its been something that weve
been wanting and hoping to
happen [in the industry] since our
new standards for salmon came
out in 2007, said Brownstein.
This is really groundbreaking
and is the solution we were
looking for.
Gundersen said they use pressure, time and temperature to
remove contaminants from the

oil.
Were also working on ways
to do this with fish meal as well
but it has not been done before
so its new and were still developing it, he said. Most of what
we eat today there are traces of
contaminants and its because of
the way we treat the planet for the
previous centuries. Everything
we do on land eventually ends
up in the oceans and its coming
back to bite us.

Going to market

We started the feed project

over a year ago and the Seafood
Watch process soon after, said
Knutsen, adding the fish has
been in Whole Foods stores
since July but they waited for
the Seafood Watch process to
complete before announcing it.
The feed ratio and sustainability

aspects of the new salmon are

critically important for us as an
importer, said Bill Cole, owner
and president of Blue Circle
Foods. He added the Seafood
Watch rating differentiates the
product from others as it is well
respected in the foodservice
industry. Seafood Watch auditors
have gone through everything,
down to the local rivers, all aspects
of our farms, said Knutsen.
Everything is farmed to Whole
Foods standards.
Currently, the fish farms have a
capacity to produce 8,000 metric
tons of salmon annually. Of
total salmon production, 60-70
percent of the farms output goes
to Whole Foods and the rest to
commodity. A Danish company
with a factory in Germany processes the salmon.
Whole Foods and the general

market will grow in interest

so were going to look for ways
to [expand this product], said
Knutsen.
But the system in Norway
right now is difficult to grow as
a farmer so instead were looking
for partner farms.
Brownstein said of Biomar that
Whole Foods is happy to work
with a company that has the
production capacity to develop
this for other farms around the
world.
Pilat said Whole Foods is not
selling the product at a premium
-- its simply part of the retailers
mission.
We do not plan to raise our
prices for this salmon, Pilat said.
We have all of our stores carrying
this in frozen form and many of
our regions carrying it fresh.
The salmon is carried in Whole
Foods under the Changing Seas
smoked salmon brand, both cold
and hot smoked. Several regions
offer it fresh in fillets or whole
and all regions have the frozen
club pack for $19.99 (18.28) for
two pounds of salmon, which
come with 5 to 7 portions.
Pilat said Whole Foods has
programs in place to educate its
fishmongers in stores and labeled
as responsibly-farmed salmon
from Norway to customers.
Educating the market and
consumers on this new feed
and salmon is an ongoing
process. A lot of folks who are
buying seafood in stores today
are interested in the stories and
some of those details. Its going
to take time but ultimately, this
is something folks care about,
explained Pilat.

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Aquaculture
Alliance (GAA) and
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pproximately
285
shrimp farms in India
and Thailand will be
encouraged to attain
Best
Aquaculture
Practices (BAP) certification
as part of a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) signed by
the Global Aquaculture Alliance
(GAA) and US-based Rubicon
Resources.

We are very
excited to
announce the
combined project
with Rubicon.
Peter Redmond,
BAPs VP of market
development.
The MoU is intended to accelerate and grow the availability of
four-star BAP shrimp. Four star
denotes that a product originates
from a BAP-certified processing
plant, farm, hatchery and feed
mill. With guidance, training and
support from GAA and Rubicon,
100 Indian farms and 185 Thai
farms will enroll in GAAs iBAP
improvement program to make
the enhancements necessary to
apply for BAP certification.
The Indian farms will apply for
BAP certification as two groups

of 50 farms, while the Thai farms

will apply for BAP certification as
four groups of 30 farms, with the
remaining 65 through integrated
operating module (IOMs). The
MoU also includes one hatchery
and one feed mill in India. Upon
enrolling in iBAP, the farms
will have 12 months to attain
BAP certification. In Thailand,
the aim is for all 250 farms in
the watershed that are being
targeted will effectively form an
active zonal management aquaculture improvement project
(AIP) when completed.
I believe the iBAP program is
the perfect solution for certifying
new farms and formerly active
farms in Thailand that ceased
shrimp production due to the
EMS crisis, said Gregg Small,
Rubicons VP of technical services and sustainability. Farms
in India are typically smaller,
and those farms will benefit
from the assistance provided by

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IBAP: Nearly 300 Asian farms are getting on board.

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farms and formerly active farms
in Thailand that
ceased shrimp
production due
to the EMS crisis,
Gregg Small, Rubicons VP of technical services and
sustainability.
the program, especially farms
that are part of a cooperative.
Facilities that enroll in iBAP
agree to a step-by-step, deadline-driven plan. They can apply
directly or through organizations acting on their behalf, such

as a processor, supplier or buyer.

Since its launch in early 2014,
82 facilities worldwide have
enrolled in iBAP. Of the 82 facilities, 35 have applied for BAP
certification and 10 are BAP
certified. Currently, there are 37
facilities enrolled in iBAP, representing nine countries (Brazil,
China, Ecuador, Honduras,
India, Mexico, Panama, Peru
and Thailand) and three species
(shrimp, tilapia and trout) as well
as aquaculture feed.
We are very excited to
announce the combined project
with Rubicon, said Peter
Redmond, BAPs VP of market
development.
Rubicons choice of using iBAP
to organize and ready its farms,
prior to full BAP certification,
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26 FEATURE

Myanmar: An aquaculture
industry in transition
New report shows
improvements
but also some
persisting
challenges.
By Elisabeth Fischer

new
report
on
Myanmars fish farming
industry by the Centre
for Economic and Social
Development (CESD),
Michigan
State
University
(MSU) and the International
Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI) is highlighting the
rapid growth it underwent in
the past 10 years. But while it is
supporting higher rural incomes,
greater job opportunities, as well
as improved nutrition, health
and well-being, it also showed
some of the countrys persisting
challenges to develop the sector.
Researchers of the United
States Agency for International
Development (USAID)-funded
report -- Aquaculture in
transition: value chain transformation, fish and food security
in Myanmar -- are now calling

TRANSFORMATION: Researchers are calling for several changes to be made to transform the Malaysian industry.
for several changes to be made
to transform the industry.
Recommendations include fewer
restrictions on land use, better
access to formal credit for fish
farmers and other small and
medium enterprises in the value
chain, and increased private

investment and competition in

the feed sector to bring down
cost to the farmer and improve
quality. In addition, they said
there must be greater development of hard infrastructure,
including roads, electricity and
water control to increase effi-

Food for thought

The annual meeting of the
European Aquaculture Society

Edinburgh

September 20-23

Scotland
www.easonline.org

Organised by the European Aquaculture Society with the cooperation and support of Marine Scotland, part of
the Scottish Government and The Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland

ciencies along the supply chain,

as well as public investments in
seed production technologies for
promising species, and more
development of soft infrastructure such as human capital,
extension and veterinary services to support more responsive
public and private service provision for farmers in areas such as
disease control.
John Diener, managing director
aqua division at Singaporeheadquartered
Gold
Coin,
echoed these recommendations.
Two years ago, the company
teamed up with the Myanmar
government
to
kick-start
vannamei shrimp cultivation in
the country. However, in early
2015 the company decided to
pull out from the project. We
had that JV in Myanmar and
tried very hard to make it work
but there were too many factors
working against us, he told
IntraFish. Infrastructure issues
had been among the main problems, he said, in addition to no
supply for chemicals for water
treatment and very unstable
demand.
He also sees bigger potential
in black tiger shrimp farming
rather than vannamei. It would
see it growing as a monodon
supplier pretty well, Diener said.
It was premature to go in with
vannamei but it will come. We
still have a legal entity there and
are prepared to go back in when

the time is right.

According to the report,
Myanmars aquaculture industry
is nevertheless looking back at
rapid growth...evidenced by an
estimated 250 percent increase
in fish farm output from the
Delta region over the past 10
years. The land area for ponds
in the Delta area, which accounts
for 90 percent of Myanmars
farmed fish, is also estimated to
have doubled, the researchers
suggested.
Myanmars
fish
farming
industry has also supported
the rapid growth of a variety of
related businesses and services,
including pond digging services,
feed mills, ice manufacturing,
rural transport and urban wholesale markets, they said.
The report was authored by Ben
Belton, Aung Hein, Kyan Htoo,
L. Seng Kham, Ulrike Nischan,
Thomas Reardon, and Duncan
Boughton, and supported by
the USAID, Michigan State
University, and International
Food Policy Research Institute. It
also received financial assistance
from from the Livelihoods and
Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT),
supported by Australia, Denmark,
the European Union, France,
Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, New Zealand,
Sweden, Switzerland, the United
Kingdom, the United States of
America, and the Mitsubishi
Corporation.

POTENTIAL: Theres more for black tiger shrimp than

vanamei, Gold Coin MD says.

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FUTURE SITE: The preferred site of the Marine Harvest fish feed plant. Photo: Marine Harvest

Marine Harvest finds site

for proposed 80 million
Scottish fish feed plant

quarry at Kyleakin,
Scotland, is the preferred
site for Marine Harvests
new 80 million (102
million/$114
million)
fish feed plant, the company
announced at the end of March.
The announcement was made
after the company considered
a number of different sites on
the west coast. The site, known
as Altanavaig (Allt Anabhaig)
quarry, is more than large enough
to accommodate the plant, which

will create 55 full-time jobs.

The plans for the plant were
announced in January this year.
It will produce feed for use on
its Scottish farms, as well as for
Ireland, Norway and the Faroes.
Marine Harvest hopes to replicate the success of a similar
plant in Norway which has
provided a welcome boost to the
local economy by providing jobs
directly, as well as generating
employment for local contractors and suppliers.

The company will now start

consultation with the local
community as part of the planning application process. It
plans to hold public meetings in
Kyleakin and Kyle in April.
Construction of the plant
will take between one year
and 18 months and Marine
Harvest believes it could be up
and running as early as 2018,
depending on the planning
process.
Around four acres of the site

will be used to accommodate

the buildings which will include
the processing plant itself as well
as raw material storage silos,
product storage and packaging,
a loading area and car parking.
The existing pier will need to be
extended.
We are delighted to have found
a site which sits at the heart of our
operations one that is already
an industrial site but which has
not been fully utilized for some
time, said Ben Hadfield, chief

operating officer feed for Marine

Harvest, and managing director
of Marine Harvest Scotland.
He described the plant as a
large investment in Scotland,
which is part of the firms overall
drive to become a more efficient
and sustainable business.
We hope this will be a major
boost for the local economy
and we are keen to start discussions with the local community
and hear their views about our
proposals, he said.

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28 FEATURE

Skretting removes fishmeal

reliance with new range of feeds

kretting has brought to

market a range of feeds
with no requirement
for fishmeal inclusion,
giving the industry
increasing flexibility with raw
material inclusion and enabling
available responsibly sourced
fishmeal resources to go much
further than in the past.
Its MicroBalance FLX range
is the result of extensive work
by Skrettings research arm,
Skretting ARC.
Feeding the future is Nutrecos
mission, and this breakthrough
in raw material flexibility gives
us the ability to provide a significant contribution to feeding the
global population, said Jose
Villalon, corporate sustainability director at parent company
Nutreco.
Skretting Global Product
Manager Grower Feeds Sissel
Susort pointed out although
Skretting now has the knowledge and capability to produce
fishmeal-free feeds, it does not
mean fishmeal will be eliminated
from the products.
The fact that we can do it is the
key point, Susort said.
We will work with our
customers when and if they
decide to use MicroBalance FLX
feeds. The value of this knowledge will increase if fishmeal
availability decreases in the
future.
To be fully flexible in our
formulations, raw material
knowledge and availability is
vital. In Europe, market acceptance to use animal protein is
low, so we need to have good
vegetable alternatives available.
Skretting ARC, based in
Stavanger, Norway, has devoted
significant resources over the
past 25 years to exploring the
potential for alternative raw
materials to replace traditional
feed components while ensuring
optimum fish growth and health.
Research by Skretting ARC

RANGE: The company has brought to market a slew of non-fishmeal feeds. Photo: Skretting
in the early 2000s led to the
identification of key micronutrients in the fishmeal profile
that are essential to fish. The
resultant MicroBalance concept
has allowed Skretting to be
increasingly flexible with feed
formulations. The latest research
is the culmination of decades of
investigation, and sees the final
piece of the fishmeal puzzle fall
into place: with MicroBalance
FLX,Skretting now has full flexibility over fishmeal inclusion in
salmonid grower feeds.
Through our research, we have
detailed evidence proving salmonids can be fed with feeds that are
devoid of fishmeal. This is very
important knowledge that we
will utilize to give us even more
flexibility with regards to the
composition of our commercial
feeds, said Dr Leo Nankervis,
team leader salmonid nutrition

at Skretting ARC.
There is a finite amount
of fishmeal available in the
market.... [and] while fishmeal is
an extremely useful ingredient
that provides highly digestible protein, minerals and trace
elements, with this knowledge
it essentially becomes just like
any other raw material; it is
interchangeable and can be
formulated into feeds at varying
levels depending on specific
nutrient requirements, customer
needs as well as prices and availability, he said.
Fishmeal is a natural and
well-balanced source of highquality protein, added Trygve
Berg Lea, sustainability manager
at Skretting. As an ingredient
in aquaculture feed, fishmeal
carries large quantities of energy
per unit weight and is an excellent source of protein, lipids

(oils), minerals and vitamins.

The processing of seafood for
human consumption generates
vast amounts of by-products
such as trimmings, fins, frames,
heads, shells, skin and viscera
which can be converted and
utilised as valuable products for
aquaculture. The utilization of
by-products is essential because
it eliminates waste by increasing
efficiency through value addition, said Berg Lea.
As such, Skretting will
continue to use fishmeal in our
products if it benefits the nutritional composition of the feed,
is economic, and the source of
fishmeal is responsibly managed
fisheries or the valuable use
of by-products from seafood
processing.
The arrival of MicroBalance
FLX does not bring an end
to Skrettings MicroBalance

research. MicroBalance FLX is

a major breakthrough in terms of
salmon nutrition that will definitely help us to accelerate the
development of MicroBalance for
other species that are currently
more dependent on fishmeal, for
example shrimp, sea bass, turbot
and other marine fish, said Alex
Obach, managing director at
Skretting ARC.
But this is not the end of
the road. We are on a mission.
Becoming independent of fishmeal gives us the opportunity
to explore alternative and novel
raw materials that perhaps are
not even considered in the spectrum of possibilities today. Can
we produce fish in the future
using resources without being
in competition with foods
for human consumption? We
are curious, and we will keep
searching.

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Mexican farmed shrimp

sector shows signs of life

he farmed Mexican
shrimp sector hopes this
year will show improved
recovery from being
hit by Early Mortality
Syndrome (EMS) a few years ago.
Back in 2008 and 2009, farmed
shrimp production was 130,000
metric tons -- an important
contributor to global supply.
It climbed somewhat and
then dropped to 55,000-60,000
metric tons in 2013 at the height
of EMS, Bill Hoenig, VP sales
and operations at Delta Blue
Aquaculture, told IntraFish.
By 2015, shrimp production had
bounced back to about 100,000
metric tons.
The recovery has been robust
and some people say remarkable
but the jurys still out, Hoenig
said.
Its just a question of how
sustainable it is. There are so
many variables and the farming
method in Mexico is semiintensive. You have farms that
are that are 50 hectares to 1,000
hectares.
He added biosecurity is a challenge with an open pond system
at three to five hectares per pond.
One of the factors that left
shrimp farms vulnerable to
EMS a few years back was in the
genetics.
The genetic path we took to
Mexico over the last couple years
has been for animals that grow
fast and have good feed conversion, Hoenig said.
But as with all genetics, when
you select for something, you
deselect for something else so
we selected for growth and feed
conversion and deselected for
resistance to disease.
Part of the 2015 recovery was
the implementation of new
genetic lines from Ecuador,
where they have been breeding
for white spot resistance since
the mid-2000s.
We
started
using
the
Ecuadorians genetic line in 2014
but last year was when we started
using it extensively, which is why
the jurys still out and well see
how the performance is in 2016,
Hoenig said.
Once you have EMS, you have
it and you dont get rid of it.
You just learn how to manage
the disease better and reduce
mortality rate.
Farmers just started the 2016
season last month and this
month in the southern regions.
Northern regions start stocking
in March and April as the
weather warms. Harvesting
begins around late May and
early June in the south, followed
a month or two later in the north.
Everyone finishes harvesting by
late October or early November.
Some new farms in the Mexican
state of Colima have the potential
to produce year-round, Hoenig
said.
Hopefully well maintain the
gains we made in 2015, maybe
well see a 10 percent gain in
farmed shrimp production and
possibly reach 110,000 metric

tons this year, he told IntraFish.

Im waiting to see how the Pls
perform and how folks adapt to
the new disease environment.
Currently, the largest market
for Mexican shrimp is Mexico
itself, with the overwhelming
majority of exports going to
the US market, and around 10
percent to China and Europe.
Of the 2015 production of
100,000 metric tons, only
26,259 metric tons of shell-on
frozen warm-water shrimp, all
sizes combined, was exported
to the United States last year,
38 percent more volume than
Mexico exported to the United
States in 2014 in this shrimp category, according to figures from
the National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS).
Those exports were worth
$297.3 million (266 million), a 6
percent increase in value.
The Mexican farmed shrimp
sector is still working to return
to its former glory.
Hoenig said Mexican shrimp
was considered the top-of-theline 10 years ago and while wild
Mexican shrimp still has a good
name and strong demand, on
the farmed shrimp side, Mexico
is competing at a much lower
level because Mexico lost a lot of
market share.
Mexico used to have 25 percent
of the market share for headless
shell-on shrimp going into the
US.
Following the rash of disease
and the incredible rise of shrimp
out of Ecuador and Indonesia,
[Mexicos] market share dropped
tremendously to 3-4 percent.
In the past two to three years,
there have been oodles of
Indian product.
The United States imported
218,741 metric tons worth $1.96
billion (1.76 billion) last year
of shell-on frozen warmwater
shrimp, all sizes combined. Of
this total, US shrimp imports
from Mexico made up only 12
percent of volume and 15 percent
of total value.
In 2013, Mexico was a net
exporter of shrimp and I believe
thats still the case, Hoenig told
IntraFish.
Mexico exports high-end,
high-dollar product but imports a
tremendous amount of small, low
dollar product for consumption.
Theyre a net exporter-importer
in pounds, not necessarily in
dollars.

OBSTACLES: Delta Blues Bill

Hoenig said biosecurity has been
a challenge. Photo: Delta Blue
Aquaculture

ROBUST: The recovery from EMS has been robust and remarkable, said industry insider Bill Hoenig.

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Growth in Indian shrimp exports

to slow significantly in 2016

he growth in Indian
shrimp
exports
is
expected to shrink into
single digits this year
on lower international
demand and production setbacks
due to floods and disease,
reported Business Standard.
According to industry estimates, marine product exports at
421,385 metric tons declined 14
percent in value and 4.5 percent
in volume in the first half of
2015-2016 from the same period
a year ago.
Shrimp exports account for 67
percent of marine exports from
India in terms of value.
The Marine Products Export
Development Authority had in
July projected exports in 20152016 would reach $6.6 billion
(5.9 billion).
India exported $5.5 billion (4.9
billion) worth of marine products in 2014-2015, a growth of
10.05 percent over the previous
year. Frozen shrimp accounted
for 67 percent of the total export
value.
The contribution of cultured
shrimp to total shrimp exports
was 76.45 percent.
This year, the growth of
shrimp exports might be in

GROWTH: Shrimp exports from India will still grow this year, just at a much lower rate, according to early predictions. Photo: Abad Fisheries

the low single digits, according

to industry players. Several
states have curtailed the fishing
season keeping in mind marine
conservation requirements. This

will have an impact on shrimp

exports from India, said Rustom
Irani, president of the Seafood
Exporters Association of India.
Aquaculture shrimp growth

had also slowed because of floods

and viral diseases, he said.
During 2014-2015, shrimp
aquaculture grew 30.64 percent
to 4.35 million metric tons.

Production of the vannamei

increased 41 percent to 3.5
million metric tons. Black tiger
shrimp production remained
stagnant at 71,400 metric tons.

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EXPANDING: The Maltese company has its current capacity fully booked over the next three years.

Europes largest research

facilities to double capacity
With total
equipment booked
up for the next
three years,
AquaBioTech is
duplicating its
research and
development
for new projects.
By Lola Navarro

alta-based
international
consulting
c o m p a n y
AquaBioTech
will
double its research
and development facilities in
2016, and plans to have its laboratories GLP and ISO 17025
certified by year end.
The company is the largest
private aquatic research facility
in Europe, and the only one of
its kind in the Mediterranean
covering different research
methods
and
infrastructures including recirculation
aquaculture systems (RAS),
nutrition studies, production
techniques, veterinatian and
biomedical research, biofouling
and ecotoxic research, aquaculture consultancy services and
marine surveying. Among the
different projects -- both for
the public and private sector -AquaBioTech is now conducting
an EU-funded program called
Maribe -- Marine Investment
for the Blue Economy -- worth

1.97 million ($2.2 million), due

to finish in Sept. 2016 to identify
the potential use of space in the
offshore economy, and develop
cross-sectoral projects.
As a private, independent
company,
AquaBioTech
competes with public institutions to bid for international
projects and has, since its creation in 2000, built a portfolio of
clients from 55 countries.
As a result, the company has
its current capacity fully booked
over the next three years, which
has forced them to recreate their
R+D infrastructure on another
floor of the site in Mosta, Malta.
Presently we have three dry
laboratories and 15 wet-labs
that host 25 separate RAS units
with 268 holding tanks that can
undertake a wide range of trials
on coldwater, temperate and
tropical species of fish, shrimp
and shellfish in freshwater or
marine conditions, Shane A.
Hunter, technical director at
AquaBioTech, told IntraFish on
a recent visit.
For
the
expansion,
AquaBioTech
will
invest
750,000 ($825,525) -- in addition to the 1.4 million ($1.5
million) they have already
invested in their labs -- in 2016.
We will build 10 wet-labs with
another 15 separate RAS units
for all types of species which
will see us almost double our
capacity and will bring us just to
over 500 holding tanks, Hunter
said.
The facilities are equipped
with the latest technology, with
digitalized information at the

entrance of each of wet room

where the works are conducted
indicating biomass levels of
the tanks, temperature of the
waters, salinity, and exact phase
of each of the projects.
Within the R+D department,
the wet-labs are divided into
separate areas isolated to maintain the highest level of security
required by each of the different
projects and ensure maximum
confidentiality.
In addition, there is a set of
tanks in each of the rooms
with self-contained recirculation systems and identification
methods for different fish such
as individual barcodes to better
address the effects of the tested
products.
The wet-labs are all computer
controlled with a monitoring
and control system that has over
280 sensors, probes and datapoints, Hunter said.
In the pathogenic room, for
instance, the water is completely
sterilized and regular tests from
vaccine testing to pathogen
challenge trials are carried out
at a temperature of 18 degrees
Celsius.
RAS allows the water of the
tanks to be changed twice
per hour and to modify levels
of salinity at the appropriate
moments to reproduce the actual
changes wild fish go through in
open waters, in a completely
computerized process.
With the expansion of the
facilities, AquaBioTech expects
to double the size of the offices
and hire 10 more members of
the staff right now formed of

32 employees from 13 different

countries including two veterinarians.
As part of regular compliance
checks, the facilities are audited
bi-monthly by clients, biannu-

ally inspected by the Maltese

government and receive thirdparty auditors including the
UK government and Good
Manufacturing Practices auditors.

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32 FEATURE

Is a younger
generation charmed
by aquaculture?

BARRAMUNDI: The tanks at Australis land-based farm in Massachusetts.

aised on a kibbutz fish

farm amongst a family
of aquaculturists, Yedod
Snirs life work has been
dedicated to the science
of raising fish sustainably. With a
deep and admirable appreciation
of aquacultures societal responsibilities, Snir lead Aquafinca
Hondurass efforts to implement
a wide range of social programs
including schooling, housing
and education for company
employees. He joined Australis
-- the worlds largest barramundi
producer -- in 2011 as its US
production manager.
IntraFish: How did you enter the

seafood industry and why? What

drew you to it as a career?
Yedod Snir: One of my first
memories is being submerged
shoulder high in a fish pond on
our Israeli kibbutz farm, pulling
on my Uncles fishermans jacket
and screaming with unrestrainable excitement to see thousands
of silver carp jumping against the
sunset.
This mere thought of an oasis
in the middle of the Jordan valley
desert, or reservoirs in the middle
of the central American forests,
or tanks in a building in western
Massachusetts all taming fish,
still fascinates me today.
I was born third generation to a

family of refugees that emigrated

from Europe to Israel through
the second world war.
One of my great grandfathers
had a carp farm in Poland and
my grandfather became a fish
pathologist on our farm in a
kibbutz in Israel. My father was
our fish farm manager; my uncle
was production manager -- so
one can say I was born into aquaculture.
In the late 70s, my father
Israel Snir built the first fully
industrialized fish processing
plant, pioneering the tilapia
fillets industry. Over the last 50
years, he has played a key role
in creating some of the largest

tilapia production facilities in the

world. Growing in his shadow,
seafood is what I heard, breathed,
ate since childhood. We are nine
brothers and sisters and we grew
on values of pioneering, creativeness, perfectionism and social
responsibility.
My brother Neder Snir and I
followed our father, and therefore have had the life privilege
of working closely with him
and also being mentored from
an early age by his network of
worldwide experts, colleagues
and friends.
IF: What do you aim to achieve
in the sector?

YS: Early in my career I recognized we were dealing with a

very delicate business requiring
a multidisciplinary approach.
I dedicate my work to finding,
developing and establishing a
balanced technology that can
assure
continued
constant
supply of high quality seafood
products -- affordable, for
healthy consumers and sustainable communities.
IF: Where do you see yourself in
10 years time?
YS:My father just celebrated his
70th birthday in February and
is still dreaming and producing
fish. I guess this is where I will

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MANAGER: Australis US production manager Yedod Snir.

RAISED: Yedod Snir grew up in aquaculture before ending

up at Australis.
reduced and the risks of failures
somewhat mitigated.
Getting over the psychological
barriers that isolate the players
is something we all need to be
better at.
find myself 30 years from now.
I would like during those years,
to create a completely vertically
integrated multispecies operation of my own from feed mill
to plate, that works under the
technical and social principles
that over the years I have come
to consider ideal.
IF: In your view, what are the
seafood industrys biggest future
challenges?
YS: There will always be a demand
for healthy food and seafood, so
far, is considered to be in this
category.
So the first challenge is to make
seafood available as a prime

source of protein for the needs of

the human diet displacing more
poultry, beef and pork.
Achieving this goal with a
wholesome product with a
minimal impact on the environment and without taking
advantage of the poor communities in the less developed world
where most of the seafood is
coming from, is a challenge.
IF: What kind of people does the
industry need to face these challenges and take it forward?
YS: Currently the industry
requires professionals with a
wide range of relevant backgrounds and capabilities and

very good work ethics, with

passion about people and environment. It takes a commitment
to live to a drumbeat of nature
with no breaks, because your
fascination with learning and
improving is bigger, assimilating
the meaningful responsibility
of producing food for human
consumption.
IF: What could current leadership in your sector learn to be
better at?
YS: With more openness for
integration and collaboration
between managers and companies I believe many current
challenges of the industry can be

IF: What is the perception of

the seafood industry as a career
choice amongst younger people,
do you think?
YS: I believe the aquaculture
seafood industry is perceived by
many as the promise to give our
oceans a break. Many people are
charmed by the prospect of fish
domestication and water domestication as well.
People who like working close
to nature will perceive this career
as a more interesting option.
Many are unaware of the real
meaning of dedicating years to
farming in what are until today
very unchartered waters. I think
our goal as an industry is to make
this sector friendlier than how we

received it, and to make it easier

for newcomers to be successful
fish farmers.
IF: What is the single best piece
of career advice you have ever
received?
YS: Its not about the fish, its
about the people. It took me a
while to come around to really
be comfortable with this statement, but today I believe this to
be a crucial motto.
I have been educated and I try to
live by these values: professional,
modest, transparent, devoted,
hard working, open-minded,
responsible.
IF: What would you be doing
professionally if you werent in
your current role?
YS: I would look for another
hands-on profession that I
believe has similar potential to
make a positive impact on the
people and the planet.

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34 FEATURE

Japan seafood giants

boost bluefin farming

apanese companies are

increasingly looking to
bluefin tuna farming,
with at least two market
leaders pushing the aquaculture development, reported
The Japan Times. Nippon Suisan
Kaisha (Nissui) is researching
how to farm bluefin by artificially
hatching eggs or fattening juvenile fish to maturity.
A company official said fullfarming of bluefin tuna was
still at the research stage, but a
source familiar with the industry
said the technique was closer to
becoming perfected.
Maruha
Nichiro,
which
launched full-fledged shipments
of fully farmed tuna this year,
is aiming to expand its sales to
include overseas restaurants that
serve Japanese cuisine.
The company expects tuna
shipments to total more than 200
metric tons this year. In a world
first, Kinki Universitys Fisheries
Laboratory succeeded in the fullfarming of bluefin tuna in 2002.
The university started massproducing fully farmed bluefin
tuna in cooperation with trading
house Toyota Tsusho in 2014.
It aims to sell 240 metric tons
of the fish, mainly to department
stores, in 2020.

FULLY FARMED: The company expects tuna shipments to total more than 200 metric tons this year. Photo: IFM Images

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HURDLES: The companys main obstacles are long-lasting licensing issues, as well as disease. Photo: Corfu Sea Farms

Spanish bass, bream

producer looks to grow

panish bass and bream

producer
Grupo
Tinamenor is ready to
move on from bankruptcy, after it left
proceedings in a record time of
6.5 months, its CEO Gustavo
Larrazabal told IntraFish.
The company entered voluntary bankruptcy proceedings in
early August last year in a bid to
fix its financial difficulties.
Since then, a lot has been
achieved and five out of the
groups subsidiaries are out of
the proceedings, Larrazabal said.
Industry investors bought out
the groups bank debt, a move that
was in some cases approved by
80 and 95 percent by creditors.
Grupo Tinamenor now has
zero debt, he said. Its the best
news for the company. I could
have not been more pleased.
Larrazabal declined to share
further details on investors
but described them as wellrespected and in it for the long
term.
Further details will be revealed
in a few months, he said.
The only fly in the ointment is
subsidiary Tinamenor S.L., which
may be liquidated if the regional
government of Cantabria fails to
rescue it with a 3.7 million ($4.2
million) bailout.
Long-lasting licensing issues,
involving the regional government, as well as a disease, which
was brought in by a nearby
river are the main obstacles,
Larrazabal told IntraFish.
Forty-four workers could be
affected and put into temporary
redundancy, he said.

But well continue to fight.

At the same time, the company
is focusing on future growth, and
targeting new and old markets,
while focusing on the production
of its kilo-size seabass.
New markets such as the United
States, Canada and the Middle
East are giving for good growth
opportunities for the niche
product, and the company will
focus foodservice and restaurants rather than households.
Last year, the company
harvested 2,200 metric tons
of seabass and volumes are
increasing, Larrazabal said.
Commenting on the currently
more stable bass and bream
supply, as well as higher prices
seen since the beginning of this
year, Larrazabal called yet again
for industry consolidation.
The sector is profiting from
some years of volume stabilization, which resulted in higher
prices, he told IntraFish.
But I fear if big companies
dont start to consolidate, they
will start growing volumes again
and the price war will start
again, he said.
I dont see a problem for 2016
but there are question marks
around the supply outlook for
2017, he said. We need industry
consolidation to sustain stability
and good prices.

MOVING ON: Grupo Tinamenor

hopes to move its bass and bream
production up from bankruptcy.
Photo: Aquanord

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Email info@xelect.co.uk
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Xelect provides a range of high quality
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We are specialists in marker assisted
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We offer a rapid and bespoke
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We are a professional net maker and
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anti-bird, trawl net, trap net, safety net,
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Q&A:

LAURA
MARTINEZ RUBIO

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT & TECHNICAL

MANAGER, MARINE HARVEST FISH FEED
Martinez
Joined
Marine
Harvests feed division 18 months
ago as a formulator, but after
delivering exceptional results in
a high pressure environment, she
was promoted to R&D manager
for the company. Her drive to
improve fish nutrition, and in
doing so grow a successful aquaculture sector, will no doubt
continue to take her far.
IntraFish: How did you enter
the seafood industry and
why? What drew you to it as a
career?
Laura Martinez Rubio: I had
the great chance of doing my
PhD at the University of Stirlings
Institute of Aquaculture in
Scotland, with Ewos Innovation
as my sponsor. During those years
I got an overview of the seafood
industry through international
conferences and internal workshops in both institutions.
After that, the opportunity
of working for Marine Harvest
came up and I thought it would
be great to work for an integrated
company with a wider view of the
different sectors of the industry,
and being more focused on
applied research.
IF: What do you aim to
achieve in the sector?
LMR: Being very much focused
in fish nutrition, my aim is to
help find new raw materials and
functional ingredients that could
potentially make more sustainable fish feeds and lead to better
performance and robustness of
the fish.
IF: Where do you see
yourself in 10 years time?
LMR: Well, hopefully in one of
the leading positions in the aqua
feed sector in which I can keep
learning new things and having
new challenges.
IF: In your view, what are the
seafood industrys biggest
future challenges?
LMR: One of the biggest challenges from a nutritional point
of view is to be less dependent
on fisheries through the use of
new raw materials and feed technologies, keeping farmed fish as
a food with excellent nutritional
value that provides high quality
protein, a wide variety of vitamins and minerals and especially
long omega-3 fatty acids that
reduce the risk of cardiovascular
diseases.

Other important challenges

are to reduce the incidence of
diseases, improving fish health
and welfare through the development of vaccines but also
non-medicinal technologies like
functional feeds and the use of
cleaner fish for sea lice control.
Furthermore,
improving
farming technology towards
the reduction of escapes and the
impact of aquaculture on the
coastal environment, is also big
challenge in the seafood industry.
IF: What kind of people does
the industry need to face
these challenges and take it
forward?

LMR: In my opinion, the most

important thing is to have
people strongly motivated that
really think they could make
a change, and especially that
really like what they are doing. In
a still growing industry like the
seafood industry I believe those
values are especially important.
IF: What could current leadership in your sector learn to be
better at?
LMR: I believe it is important to
keep working on inspiring and
respecting people on your team,
making them feel how important
their work is, no matter their
position.

IF: What is the perception

of the seafood industry as
a career choice amongst
younger people, do you think?
LMR: I believe the seafood
industry is a very attractive
sector for young people, especially in countries like Norway
and the UK where it is one of the
most important industrial activities.
I think it is still being seen as a
growing industry that could also
potentially have plenty of room
for innovation.
IF: What is the single best
piece of career advice you have
ever received?

LMR: Well, the best piece of

advice that more than one person
has given to me I guess is to
always believe in myself and not
be afraid of following my dreams
even if that means to start over
in different places abroad, but
always keeping a good balance
between personal and professional life.
IF: What would you being
doing professionally if you
werent in your current role?
LMR: I believe I would have probably been working in academia,
doing research at a university or
a research center, as I also like
teaching.

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