Karim Kurmaly | Intrafish Luncheon Brussels 2019
HEALTHY FISH.HEALTHY FOOD.HEALTHY OCEANS.
Finite Resource ?
~ 5 million tons
fishmeal
~ 1 million tons
fish oil~17% of global wild catch is consumed for the
production of fish oil and fishmeal
Anchovy
Menhaden
Sand eel
16,000,000 TONS WILD FISH
Sprat
Blue Whiting
Herring
Sources: IFFO, FAO
September 2018 | Oil Boom in NebraskaPage 2
Under Pressure
Net Producer of Fish?
Current practise Future practise
EFSA: Tolerable Weekly Intake Levels
7 times less
Veramaris | North Atlantic Seafood Forum 2019Page 5
Halved over 10 years
If nothing was done the level of the
beneficial omega-3 can only really go
down.
Prof Douglas Tocher
Stirling University
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Levels of EPA + DHA in farmed Atlantic salmon (2006 to 2016)Unit: g / 100g
Sources:
1) Seafood Data from NIFES (National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research), Norway
2) Sprague, M. et al. Impact of sustainable feeds on omega-3 long-chain fatty acid levels in farmed Atlantic salmon, 2006–2015. Sci. Rep.
6, 21892; doi: 10.1038/srep21892 (2016).
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0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
2006 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Norway (1) Scotland (2)
Only 8% of population have adequate levels of Omega 3
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Health experts recommend daily intake of EPA + DHA is 250 – 1000 mg/day
Veramaris | North Atlantic Seafood Forum 2019Page 9
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Equivalent to 1.2 million MT of Wild Catch Fish
Veramaris | North Atlantic Seafood Forum 2019Page 11
CaptureValue
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