Report of the FAO Expert Workshop on the Use of Wild Fish and/or Other Aquatic Species as Feed in Aquaculture and its Implications to Food Security and Poverty Alleviation. Kochi, India, 16¿18 November 2007.

FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report. No. 867

Report of the FAO Expert Workshop on the Use of Wild Fish and/or Other Aquatic Species as Feed in Aquaculture and its Implications to Food Security and Poverty Alleviation

Kochi, India, 16–18 November 2007

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Report of the FAO Expert Workshop on the Use of Wild Fish and/or Other Aquatic Species as Feed in Aquaculture and its Implications to Food Security and Poverty Alleviation. Kochi, India, 16–18 November 2007.
FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report. No. 867. Rome, FAO. 2008. 29p.

The FAO Expert Workshop on the Use of Wild Fish and/or Other Aquatic Species as Feed in Aquaculture and its Implications to Food Security and Poverty Alleviation was convened in Kochi, India, from 16 to 18 November 2007. The workshop consisted of technical presentations and working group discussions. The technical presentations included regional reviews, case studies, a global synthesis and a number of invited presentations. The workshop served to address the following thematic areas and other issues of significance emerging from the regional reviews and case studies: a) fisheries management; b) policy development; c) food security; d) poverty alleviation; e) social and ethical issues; and f) aquaculture technology and development. Following several working group deliberations, the workshop agreed on a series of principles and guidelines on the use of wild fish as feed in aquaculture and concluded that such use should be governed by the above guiding principles.

Table of Contents


BACKGROUND TO THE WORKSHOP
		The issue: use of wild fish as feed The context
SCOPE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE WORKSHOP
		Objectives Outputs Participants and workshop venue Modus operandi of the workshop
PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES ON THE USE OF WILD FISH AS FEED IN AQUACULTURE
		Fisheries management considerations Ecosystem and environmental impacts Ethical issues and responsible use Aquaculture technology and development Statistics and information needs for management
OUTCOME OF THE SPECIAL MEETING ON RECOFI CONSOLIDATION
FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS
REFERENCES
APPENDIXES
	I. II. III. IV. V.	Workshop agenda and timetable List of participants Glossary Opening and closing remarks Summaries of technical presentations

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