{"id":8294,"date":"2020-12-10T12:14:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T12:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=8294"},"modified":"2020-12-10T12:14:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T12:14:49","slug":"meeting-global-nutrition-needs-through-responsible-aquaculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/meeting-global-nutrition-needs-through-responsible-aquaculture\/8294\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting global nutrition needs through responsible aquaculture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aquaculture has a huge role to play in feeding the ever-increasing global population and technology is key to improving productivity while maintaining high welfare standards, explains the Global Aquaculture Alliance.<\/h2>\n

Aquaculture<\/a> is the fastest growing food production sector and by 2030 62% of the fish that we eat will be from fish farms. The Global Aquaculture Alliance, founded in 1997, is an international non-governmental organisation dedicated to advocacy, education and leadership in responsible aquaculture, with 3,000 members from over 60 countries.<\/p>\n

Its vision is \u2018a world that embraces and enables the role of responsibly farmed seafood in meeting global nutrition needs\u2019, but with a fast growing global population, demand for resources is ever-increasing, bringing with it a host of challenges.<\/p>\n

The Global Aquaculture Alliance talks to Innovation News Network’s<\/em> Managing Editor Michelle Gordon about using innovation to meet those challenges and upholding best practice within the sector.<\/p>\n

Tell me more about your mission of \u2018responsible aquaculture\u2019 and how it is being delivered<\/h3>\n

The Global Aquaculture Alliance\u2019s approach to responsible aquaculture is two-fold. We demonstrate that aquaculture is done responsibly thought our Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) third-party certification programme. BAP is the world\u2019s largest and most comprehensive aquaculture certification programme with standards addressing environmental responsibility, social responsibility, animal health and welfare, and food safety. It encompasses the entire aquaculture production chain \u2014 processing plants, farms, hatcheries and feed mills \u2013 and there are more than 2,400 BAP-certified processing plants, farms, hatcheries, and feed mills in 35 countries worldwide.<\/p>\n

Additionally, we advocate and educate for aquaculture done responsibly through our various pre-competitive activities, all of which act as a forum for thought leaders to discuss shared responsibilities and goals. These activities include our online magazine (Global Aquaculture Advocate), conference (GOAL), and podcast (Aquademia), all of which are possible thanks to the continued support of our members and sponsors.<\/p>\n

What are the biggest challenges currently facing the global aquaculture sector and how are these being overcome?<\/h3>\n

Like any food sector, the aquaculture sector is always pushing to be more efficient, i.e. doing more with less. Innovations in aquaculture production systems, processing automation, feeding techniques, and feed ingredients and formulations are contributing to a more resource efficient aquaculture sector. There will be 10 billion people to feed on Earth by 2050, and aquaculture will play a major role in that, as wild fisheries production has essentially levelled off and fish are more resource efficient than other animal proteins.<\/p>\n

How does the Global Aquaculture Alliance promote best practice in animal welfare?<\/h3>\n

The Global Aquaculture Alliance is fully committed to promoting best practice in animal health and welfare through its BAP standards. Animal health and welfare is one of the five pillars of the BAP certification programme, along with:<\/p>\n