Is aquaculture controlled?
Aquaculture is governed by national and, in some regions, regional requirements covering areas such as farm approval, animal health and welfare, environmental impacts, feed, food safety, traceability and veterinary medicines. The rules and level of oversight vary by country, species and production system. Voluntary certification schemes may provide additional requirements and independent verification within their defined scope, but they do not replace applicable regulation.
As part of this regulated value chain, aquaculture feed must meet the requirements that apply in each market. Skretting supports compliance through Nutrace, our company-wide programme for feed-to-food quality and safety. It brings together ingredient and supplier approval, production controls, finished-feed checks, traceability and procedures for investigating irregularities. Testing and monitoring are risk based, reflecting the ingredient, supplier, origin, intended use and applicable requirements.
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Frequent questions on sustainability
Why is aquaculture important?
According to WWF, 85% of the world’s marine stocks are either fully exploited or overfished. Our planet’s population is forecast to reach 10 billion people by 2050, and with this growth will come a much greater demand for food, including seafood.
Are circular economy principles applied to aquaculture feeds?
Yes. Aquaculture feeds can use suitable by-products and side streams from seafood, agriculture and other food-production systems.
Is aquaculture sustainable?
Yes, when done properly. As a global society, we are around 7.5 billion people heading towards 10 billion by 2050. Not only does this present the problem of an additional 2 billion mouths to feed, human diets are also increasingly shifting in line with growing prosperity.
Are our feeds sustainable?
Skretting works to improve the environmental and social performance of its feeds through responsible sourcing requirements, supplier assessment, feed formulation, quality and safety controls, traceability, due diligence, the use of by-products, and continued research and innovation.
How is aquaculture regulated?
Aquaculture is regulated through requirements that can cover farm approval, animal health and welfare, environmental impacts, feed, food safety, traceability and the use of veterinary medicines. The applicable rules and level of oversight vary by country, species and production system.