An aquaculture farmer handholds food for feeding fish in a pond in local agriculture farmland.
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Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has launched its Feed Solutions Toolkit, a solution for companies to help them with climate change, habitat, and biodiversity risks associated with aquaculture feed.
The toolkit includes over 80 tools, standards, initiatives, and organizations platforms and case studies on practical steps to improve feed sustainability and find some guidance.
Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Thai Union, and Walmart, are already working on these criteria to improve feed sustainability in the production and offer of their products.
The Walmart Foundation has fund this initiative through the Addressing the Carbon and Biodiversity Impacts of Aquaculture by Motivating Responsible Aquaculture Practices at Scale project. However, the advice included in the toolkit is exclusive to SFP.
According to SFP, the use of compound feed ingredients is responsible for up to 70-80% of aquaculture's carbon impact. Also, it affects in a 90% of environmental impacts such as land and water use.
"Addressing this issue, along with continued improvements in farm planning and management, will enhance aquaculture's role as a low-carbon, environmentally sustainable, and socially responsible food source," noted Paul Bulcock, Aquaculture Information Manager at SFP.
Founded in 2006, Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) is a marine conservation organization working toward a world where the oceans are healthy, all seafood is produced sustainably, and everyone has access to sustainable seafood.
It leverages the power of seafood buyers and retailers in every part of the seafood supply chain to rebuild depleted fish stocks, reduce the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming, address social issues in fishing, and advance economic opportunities for fishers and their communities.
