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Regional Seminar For
National Focal Points on Aquatic Animals
Lebanon, 12-14 August 2013
Ibrahim AL HAWI
Fish farming, now well known as aquaculture, has been well
recognized since the ancient era. The first written document on fish
culture was published in China in 475 BC, and the first pond was
constructed at the Japanese Imperial Palace grounds.
In recent years, aquaculture has progressively played an important
role in the provision of: animal protein and gourmet cuisines, job
opportunities, and foreign currency for developing countries.
Asian countries produce around 91 percent of the world’s total
aquaculture production.
the aquaculture industry looks promising in supplying the necessary
food due to the fact that the ocean covers 71% of earth’s surface.
Aquatic products are well known for their high contents of high-quality
proteins, HUFAs (highly unsaturated fatty acids), phospholipids, and
other nutrients such as calcium, iron, phosphatide, iodide and vitamin
A.
The percentage of global aquaculture production in terms of total
fishery production was only 3.22 percent in 1950, but quickly increased
to 9.72 percent in 1980, 32.02 percent in 2000 and 41.74 percent in
2006, and reached 50% in 2011. Moreover, the percentage of consumed
fish from aquaculture has also increased significantly, from 9 percent
in 1980 to 44 percent in 2007 and is expected to increase further in the
future.
Despite the significant increase in aquaculture production, several
have been experienced in overall production:
1) Unresolved and newly emerging disease problems;
2) Conflicts between the aquaculture industry and
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environmentalist regarding adverse effects in the
aquatic ecosystems;
Natural disasters including El Niño and La Niña
phenomena, flooding, drought, desertification and
typhoon; climate change;
Movement of investors from one country to another to
take advantage of lower tax and cheaper capital for
labor and the use of land and water resource;
Inconsistent and inappropriate management and
regulations in many aquaculture-producing countries;
Domestic and international marketing problems.
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Understanding the nutritional value of aquatic products resulting
in the popularity of consuming aquatic animals and the motivation
for the utilization of aquatic plants;
Availability of advanced larval rearing and grow-out culture
technologies;
Versatile production systems including utilization of rice fields,
ponds, lakes, rivers, irrigation canals, cages in reservoir, tidal pools,
off-shore cages, deep-ocean water, and sea ranching;
Sound knowledge of target species’ nutritional requirements,
Compound feed formulations, and feed manufacturing
technologies;
• Progressive study on diagnostic kits for bacterial and viral
diseases of aquatic organisms;
•Promotion of aquaculture zones by the government, and
aquaculture farms by private investors;
•Earning foreign currency through export of aquacultural
products;
•Creation
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job opportunities related to aquaculture
production including food processing, domestic and
international trade, and education in many Asia-Pacific
countries;
•Profit-driven investment by investors
 Promoting sustainable aquaculture that is
⁻ Environmentally friendly
⁻ Socially responsible
⁻ Compliance to international standards (e.g. WTO-SPS,
Codex Alimentarius, OIE) that
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meets food safety requirements
remain profitable
 Awareness and capacity building activities
 Project driven activities (strengthening aquatic animal
health
capacity )
•Compliance to international standards
⁻e.g. WTO-SPS, Codex Alimentarius, OIE
⁻Awareness and capacity building activities
⁻Project driven activities
⁻strengthening aquatic animal
health capacity
 Access to information
–Regional resource base
–Regional lead centers
–Sharing of information and expertise
•Access to financial and technical services for
sustainable aquaculture:
–Insurance (Workshops: bring together
insurers, bankers & farmers)
-Improving servicing of the small-scale
aquaculture sector (One Stop-centers)
-Credit to farmer groups
•Responding to stringent market requirements
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–Development of Best Management Practices
along the supply chain
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–Piloting traceability systems
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–Developing guidelines for aquaculture
certification
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–Connecting small-scale producer to markets
•Risk of introduction and spread of aquatic animal diseases
in Aquaculture
–Technical guidelines that include responsible movement
of live aquatic animals
–Surveillance/ regional quarterly aquatic animal disease
reporting (QAAD) system
–Capacity building on:
•disease diagnosis
•risk analysis
•Surveillance
•epidemiology, etc
•Harmonization of approaches for diagnosis and risk
assessment
Shrimp Farming and the Environment
•To analyze and share experiences on better management of
shrimp aquaculture in coastal areas.
•Multi-sector participation
•Government Policy and R&D, Farmers Groups, Traders, Industry,
NGOs…..
•Development of an internationally agreed document
adopted/endorsed OIE, FAO
–Globally accepted management principles for “responsible”
shrimp aquaculture
•Guiding principles and guiding criteria
•Support to implementation ongoing, with special reference to
small-scale farmers
•Developing market links for responsible BMP product
•Electronic Newsmagazine and newsletter
•Cooperative R&D program to support development of
sustainable marine fish farming
–People-based network with institutional participation
–Multi-sector participation:
•Government Policy and R&D, Farmers Groups, Traders,
Industry, NGOs
–Electronic e-magazine and e-newsletter
•Reduce the risk of aquatic animal disease impacting on trade,
environment & human health
• Development of policy framework
• Implementation of practical health management strategies at
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farm, local, national and regional levels
Regional surveillance system
Technical support through sharing of expertise and laboratory
facilities
Participation of primary producers
Address emerging issues such as food safety and new disease
(KHV, WTD, TS)
OIE, FAO, and others
 Conserving aquatic biodiversity and genetic resources
by:
–Building capacity for national aquatic resource
management programs
–Coordinate cooperative R&D programs
–Development of broodstock management programs
for economically important and newly emerging
indigenous species
–Contribute to conservation plans for endangered
species e.g. Mekong giant catfish
•Development of extensive, community-based aquaculture through:
–Development of ‘best practice approaches’ to culture-based fisheries
–Effective use of small water bodies for low cost fish production
amongst rural communities
–Application of co-management principles to culture-based fishery
and stock enhancement activities
–Dissemination of findings from completed projects in member
countries
•Address rural development and poverty alleviation issues by promoting:
–Improved understanding of the livelihoods of poor fishers and
farmers
–Institutions that better support the livelihoods objectives of poor
fishers and farmers
–Policy development that reflects the livelihoods objectives of the poor
fishers and farmers
–Improved communications among the poor, service providers,
institutions & policy makers
•Promote (capacity building,)human resource
development and technical exchange
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Participating centres share expertise
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Short term courses, workshops, study visits
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Training
Customized training as requested
•Improve communication and information sharing
between members through:
–Portal website on aquaculture /OIE website
•News and events
•Discussion forums / online community
–Training in digital publishing and website management