At a recent Indonesia Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum held at the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) office in Jakarta, buyers and retailers continued to push producers and exporters supplying only certified products and less fishmeal / trashfish uses in aquaculture.
Buyers and retailers see that aquaculture products coming from Indonesia are not competitive enough in the global market due to certification issues. The Forum recommended that farms and feedmills be certified in order to assure for food safety and environmental safeguards.
In the future, certified farms and feedmills will be encouraged to use less use fishmeal in aquaculture feed so that the incorporation of other protein sources such as soybean meal will be high. The U.S. Soy Sustainability Assurance Protocol (SSAP) program is one of the answers to the supply of soy products for aquaculture feed. Therefore, the SSAP should continue be strengthened and promoted to wider aquaculture industries so that U.S. soybean meal has a stronger bargaining position in the global market.
Source: USSEC
Editor at the digital magazine AquaHoy. He holds a degree in Aquaculture Biology from the National University of Santa (UNS) and a Master’s degree in Science and Innovation Management from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, with postgraduate diplomas in Business Innovation and Innovation Management. He possesses extensive experience in the aquaculture and fisheries sector, having led the Fisheries Innovation Unit of the National Program for Innovation in Fisheries and Aquaculture (PNIPA). He has served as a senior consultant in technology watch, an innovation project formulator and advisor, and a lecturer at UNS. He is a member of the Peruvian College of Biologists and was recognized by the World Aquaculture Society (WAS) in 2016 for his contribution to aquaculture.
