The Future of Food

1. Sustainable Seafood
Ini0a0ves of Meliomar Inc. thriving towards a
more sustainable Seafood supply in the
Philippines
© Meliomar Inc. Philippines

2. Status of Fishery Sector
World Produc0on Fisheries and Aquaculture 1950 - 2012
Source: State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2014 (FAO)
Peak of Global Landings in 1996
86.4 Mio MT
Since 20 years on declining trend!
43%
Farmed
57%
Wild
Officially Reported Catch and Landings
[Mio t]

3. Challenges of Fishery Sector
Increasing Fishing Effort and Decrease in Landings
Source: California Environmental Associates CEA 2012

4. Challenges of Fishery Sector
Fishing Effort and Pressure on Fishery Resources 1950 - 2005
Source: The SpaPal Expansion and Ecological Footprint of Fisheries (1950 to Present)
Wilf Swartz, Enric Sala, Sean Tracey, Reg Watson, Daniel Pauly

10. Seachange
Assessment
Methodology

11. ARTESMAR®
Small-Scale Fishery Improvement and
Market Recogni0on Program

12. LocaPon: Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro

13. Fishery Landing Areas
Traceability Code
Yellowfin Tuna Philippines
ALB Albay
ANT AnPque
BAT Batangas
EAS Eastern Samar
QUE Quezon
NEO Negros Oriental
OCM Occidental Mindoro
PAL Palawan
SUB Subic
ZAM Zamboanga
OCM
ANT
QUE
ALB Manila
PAL
SUB
EAS
Artesmar® Fishery Improvement Project Philippines
Loca0on of Fisheries Areas
Each Artesmar® tuna tag
contains the three digit code of
the landing and fishery site
BAT
NEO
ZAM

14. Artesmar® Traceability and Supply Chain Integrity
Tagging of Yellowfin Tuna
Meliomar offers a unique system of
traceability and supply chain integrity,
from small-scale fishing vessels to the
final manufactured and packed tuna
products.
The basis of the ARTESMAR® traceability
scheme is the individual tagging of each
tuna upon landing.
The tuna tag consist of a unique code that
idenPfies each tuna as to its origin (fishing
area and landing site) and stays abached
with the tuna unPl final processing.
Meliomar – Pioneering Traceability
and Supply Chain Integrity

18. The Sustainable Seafood Week
in February 2017
Concept by Blueyou ConsulPng and Meliomar Inc. Philippines

19. Vision – The Sustainable Seafood Week
“To establish an open and dynamic plaVorm for interested
stakeholders to discuss the status, challenges and awareness
for more sustainable seafood in the Philippines, focusing on
local soluYons for change and reform in the fisheries and
aquaculture sector”

20. “We, the parYcipants of the
Sustainable Seafood Week,
come together to declare our
commitment to improve the
health of our oceans by
pursuing responsible business
pracYces in the sourcing of
seafood products from more
sustainable fisheries and
aquaculture.”
Reef Check Philippines Reef Check Philippines

21. THE SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD WEEK FEBRUARY 2016 -
STATUS OF PARTICIPATING AND SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS
Reef Check Philippines

23. Problems & Challenges in the Aquaculture Sector
Conversion Efficiencies: Carnivorous Farmed Seafood Species
FEED BASED AQUACULTURE Feed Conversion RaYo (FCR)
Dry Weight Feed/Wet Weight Fish
Fish In – Fish Out
Wet Weight / Wet Weight
Salmon and Trout 1.0 – 1.2 6 – 8 kg
Tilapia / Pangasius 1.2 – 1.8 0.5 – 1 kg
Shrimp 1.2 – 2.3 3 – 5 kg
Seabass / Seabream / Barramundi 2.3 – 2.8 3 – 5 kg
Snapper / Grouper 2.5 – 3.5 4 – 7 kg
Bluefin Tuna [Wet Fish Feeding] - 10 – 15 kg
Feed Resource Efficiency
• Farming carnivorous species
requires high density protein
and lipid diets
• Feed conversion raPo (FCR)
can be misleading if not put
into the context of feed
conversion efficiency
• Comparing different FCR must
involve taking into account
trophic levels of species!
©Blueyou ConsulPng January 2016

24. Opportuni0es and Solu0ons for Sustainable Aquaculture
Integrated Mul0trophic Aquaculture (IMTA)
IMTA
Farming high trophic species in
combinaPon with lower trophic
species
- Carnivorous Fish
- Bivalve Molluscs (Filter Feeder)
- Seaweed (Nutrient Sink!)
- Bobom Detritus Feeders (Sea
Cucumber, Sea Urchins)