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Trends in global compound aquafeed

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t is estimated that the total production of the major non-filter
feeding finfish and crustacean species groups fed industrially
compounded or farm-made aquafeeds was about 35.7 million
tonnes in 2012, with total global industrial compound aquafeed
production estimated at approximately 39.6 million tonnes; the
compound aquafeed sector growing at an average rate of 10.3
percent per year.
In terms of global aquaculture
production in 2012, the major com-
pound feed fed finfish and crusta-
cean species groups included:
Chinese carp at 12.47 million
tonnes (excluding silver carp and big
head carp) with an estimated total
compound aquafeed requirement
of 11.03 million tonnes or 27.8
percent of total global compound
aquafeed production), followed by
Tilapia at 4.51 million tonnes
with an estimated total com-
pound aquafeed requirement
of 6.67 million tonnes or 16.8
percent of global aquafeed
production;
Shrimp at 4.33 million tonnes
with an estimated total com-
pound feed requirement of 6.18
million tonnes or 15.6 percent
of global aquafeed production;
Catfish at 3.91 million tonnes
with an estimated total com-
pound feed requirement of 4.27
million tonnes or 10.8 percent
of global aquafeed production;
Salmon at 2.29 million tonnes
with an estimated total com-
pound feed requirement of 2.98
million tonnes or 7.5 percent of
global aquafeed production;
Marine fish at 2.18 million
tonnes with an estimated total
compound feed requirement
of 2.98 million tonnes or 7.5
percent of global aquafeed
production;
Other miscellaneous freshwater
and diadromous fish at 2.13 mil-
lion tonnes with an estimated
total compound feed require-
ment of 1.31 million tonnes or 3.3 percent of global aquafeed
production;
Freshwater crustaceans at 1.83 million tonnes with an estimated
total compound feed requirement of 1.80 million tonnes or 4.5
percent of global aquafeed production;
Milkfish at 943,259 tonnes with an estimated total compound
TRENDS
Table 1. Estimated total global
production of compound
aquafeeds (values given in
thousand tonnes)
Year
Total
production
1
Total
feeds
used
1995 9,136 7,526
1996 10,361 9,001
1997 11,071 10,297
1998 11,790 11,398
1999 12,942 12,175
2000 13,943 13,837
2001 15,192 15,150
2002 16,208 16,648
2003 18,601 19,284
2004 19,443 20,620
2005 20,892 22,241
2006 22,719 24,012
2007 24,892 26,698
2008 26,723 29,006
2009 28,395 31,257
2010 30,414 33,494
2011 32,862 36,092
2012 35,717 39,617
2015 43,233 49,736
2020 56,226 65,401
2025 71,104 87,136
1
Total reported species group
production for 1995 to 2012 taken
from FAO (2014), and estimates
for 2015, 2020 and 2025 are
calculated based on expected
growth.
2
Mean annual percent
growth.
3
Estimated percent of
total species group production
fed on commercial aquaculture
feeds.
4
Estimated average species
group economic feed conversion
ratio (total feed fed / total species
biomass increse).
5
Estimated total
species group aquaculture feed
used (total species group production
x FCR (feed conversion ratio))
Figure 1: Top compound feed fed farmed fish and
crustaceans in 2012, average annual percent growth from
1995 to 2012, and estimated value of total production
(data calculated from FISHSTAT, FAO, 2014).
Figure 2: Estimated total compound aquafeed production by
major fed species group in 2012, and predictions for 2020
and 2015 (values given in million metric tonnes).
in global compound
aquafeed production
by Albert G.J. Tacon PhD, Aquatic Farms Ltd, USA
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feed requirement of 890,000 tonnes or 2.2 percent of global
aquafeed production;
Trout at 878,985 tonnes with an estimated total compound
feed requirement of 1.14 million tonnes or 2.9 percent of global
aquafeed production; and
Eel at 241,285 tonnes with an estimated total compound
feed requirement of 370,000 tonnes or 0.9 percent of global
compound aquafeed production.
It is currently estimated that about 35.7 million tonnes of farmed
fish and crustaceans (39.5 percent of the total global aquaculture
production in 2012) is dependent upon the supply of industrially com-
pounded aquafeeds. Total industrial compound aquafeed production
increased more than five-fold, from 7.5 million tonnes in 1995 to 39.6
million tonnes in 2012, with production growing at an average rate of
10.3 percent per year. Aquafeed production is expected to continue
growing, with production increasing at a more modest rate of 6.2
percent per year, reaching similar rate to 49.7 million tonnes by 2015,
65.4 million tonnes by 2020, and 87.1 million tonnes by 2025.
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Figure 3: Estimated total compound aquafeed production
by major species group from 1995 to 2012 (values given in
x 10,000 metric tonnes).
Figure 4: Growth and projected increased in production of
total compound aquafeed production by major species group
from 1995 to 2025 (values given in thousand metric tonnes).
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