SDG- aligned Artemia Aquaculture Workshop
22 September 2021, Shanghai, China
22 September 2021, Shanghai, China
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A question-and-answer session was held with panellists providing feedback on questions from participants:
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The workshop made the following specific recommendations:
The closing remarks were given by Matthias Halwart, FAO. He recounted the hypothesis of Patrick Sorgeloos at the 1976 FAO Technical Conference on Aquaculture in Kyoto, concerning the potential for Artemia to play a role in aquaculture, which FAO assisted in verifying, leading to Artemia becoming a widely accessible and suitable live food for fish and shrimp hatchery developments that were just taking off at that time. Over subsequent decades improvements in Artemia availability, sources and optimisations in utilisation had contributed to continued expansion of the fish and crustacean aquaculture. He noted that FAO had undertaken to prepare an updated Artemia manual to ensure more sustainable and bio secure use of this important food source. He noted the workshop’s advice to invest more in the study of Artemia biodiversity, sustainable exploitation, and management of salt lake resources in a changing climate, and the parallel need to explore farmed production of Artemia. He indicated that FAO’s Sub-Committee on Aquaculture would be informed of the progress highlighted by the workshop for member countries to consider further work on Artemia.
With the expansion of hatchery production, the demand for Artemia cysts has continued to increase. Annual consumption is now estimated at 3,500 – 4,000 tonnes, underpinning the production of over 900 billion crustacean post larvae and fish fry by a hatchery industry valued at more than USD 2 billion and the final production of over 10 million tonnes of high-value aquaculture species. With approximately 90 percent of the current Artemia production harvested from inland salt lakes, the future of the hatchery industry could be at risk and requires urgent attention.
A new international interdisciplinary approach is needed to tackle these Artemia issues and opportunities, like the breakthrough in Artemia use in aquaculture following the 1976 FAO Kyoto conference. The purpose of the workshop was to explore needs and opportunities for a new international initiative to guarantee a more sustainable provision of Artemia, both from natural sources and from controlled extractive Artemia farming integrated with salt production and other fish/crustacean aquaculture.
The workshop was held in conjunction with the Global Conference on Aquaculture Millennium +20 in Shanghai, China with international participation via video conference. The programme included technical presentations and a Q&A session with participants and an expert discussion panel. Over 400 people participated in the workshop, both locally in China and via video conference.
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