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WWF working towards a sustainable
future for aquacultureWWF Aquaculture Dialogues
Dr Piers Reid Hart14 October 2009
WWF is a conservation organisationWe believe in projects that are:
• Good for People and Nature
• Protect Biodiversity
• Contribute to One Planet Food
Aquaculture is the fastest growing animal farming sector
Why is WWF interested in Aquaculture?
285 million tonnes
Beef14%
Pork23%
Mutton3%
Poultry20%
Eggs14%
Wild fish14%
Farmed fish12% 2006
414 million tonnes
World livestock productionFishstat & FAOstat
414 million tonnes
5 million tonnes
World v UK Production 2006
The most efficient food conversion in the animal farming sector
But Aquaculture also has:
If I had 1 tonne of feed I could produce roughly:
150 kg beef or
300 kg of pork or
500 kg of chicken, or
almost 1 tonne of fish
But aquaculture has impacts:Mangrove loss Escape of exotics
Inappropriate use of antibiotics & chemicals
Social & labor Unsustainable feed ingredients
Loss of biodiversity
Aquaculture dialogues
• WWF US initiative
• Multi-stakeholder roundtables
• Measurable social and environmental standards
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WWF has expertise to create standards
• Rainforest Marketing – 1980s• Forest Stewardship Council – 1990s• Marine Stewardship Council – 1990s• Marine Aquarium Council – 1990s• Protected Harvest – 2000• Climate Savers - 2000s• New Program for IT Industry – 2007• Aquaculture Dialogues – 2000s
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• Develop environmental and social performance-based standards
• Measurably reduce the critical impacts of aquaculture
• Help strengthen the economic viability of aquaculture
Objectives of the Dialogues
• Credible• Effective • Added Value
Criteria
Global initiative
Multi-stakeholder – 2000 participants worldwide
Open and inclusive
Transparent
Consensus-based
Based on sound science
Measurable performance-based standards
ISEAL alliance compliant
Credible Process
Example Impact (Tilapia)Water Pollution
Principle - The guiding proposal for addressing an impact
Conserve and protect water resources
Criteria - Specific areas to focus on in order to reduce an impact
Nutrient use and release
Indicators - Points of measurement to determine extent of an impact
Amount of phosphorus added and released per metric tonne of fish produced
Standards - Quantitative performance level that will evaluate whether or not a principle is being achieved
1. Phosphorus input or utilization will not exceed (27 kg P/mt fish produced), Phosphorus loads released will not exceed (20 kg P/mt fish produced).
The ASC is the Standards holding entity only.
The ASC is a new entity capable of adding value through a consumer label.
Ultimately, this consumer label will help create real change on the water.
The ASC will be operational by 2011 and effective for years to come.
Aquaculture Stewardship Council
• The ASC will offer farm level annual certification;
• By accrediting third-party Certification Bodies (CB) that are ISO 65 compliant:
• The ASC will initially offer certification for 10-12 aquaculture commodity species, which are: salmon, shrimp, Pangasius, tilapia, freshwater pan trout, cobia, Seriola, oysters, mussels, clams, scallops, and abalone.
• The ASC standards will focus on Environmental / Social / Chain of Custody;
• To offer value to retailers, reduce cost to producers, and reduce confusion to consumers; the ASC will “partner” with GFSI members that offer Food Safety standards. Thus offering “one-stop-shopping” for certification.
Aquaculture Stewardship Council
Use market forces to transform aquaculture and create
real change on the water
Strategy
Continuous improvement
High environmental/ Social impacts Low environmental / Social impacts
No. farms
Performance shift
Market forces drive performance and reduce impacts
Continuous Improvement
Provisional Structure
May take 24 months to develop the independent ASC;
Philip Smith has been hired as the Development Director [email protected]
The Development Director is tasked with: Sourcing potential partners and funding for start-up costs; Updating business plan and projections;Creating the administrative and institutionalization of the ASC (governance, by-laws, etc…); and , ASC set up –office, web-site, staff, etc.Establishing certification process
Where are we now?
