La Trucha De Agua Dulce Dialogo Sobre La Acuicultura

FRESHWATER TROUT AQUACULTURE DIALOGUE Final draft standards for environmentally and socially responsible trout farming

These final draft standards are released for public comment by the Steering Committee of the Freshwater Trout Aquaculture Dialogue. The Steering Committee is currently composed of a representative from each of the following organizations: BioMar British Trout Association(representing the Federation of European Aquaculture Producers) FishWise Liman North Sea Foundation Società Agricola Troticoltura F.lli Leonardi s.s. Università dell'Insubria World Wildlife Fund
This document contains final draft standards for environmentally and socially responsible freshwater trout farming. The standards have been revised from previous drafts (released in July 2010 and May 2011)based on public feedback and the deliberations of the Freshwater Trout Aquaculture Dialogue Steering Committee. As a package, the Steering Committee (SC) believes these standards represent an important step forward in defining environmentally and socially responsible production of freshwater trout. SC members have disagreed, sometimes strongly, on individual standards. The SC appreciates all of thepublic comments received on previous drafts of these standards and will provide in a separate document detailed responses to the main themes and ideas that emerged in the most recent public comment period. Auditing guidance is being developed for these standards. The Steering Committee expects to provide final approval of the guidance and these standards in the first half of 2012, and will offerboth documents to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council for their implementation as a farm-level standard. Minor revisions to the standards may occur as a result of developing guidance.

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Table of contents:

INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................................................... 4 PRINCIPLE 1: COMPLY WITH ALL NATIONAL AND LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS....... 10 PRINCIPLE 2: CONSERVE HABITAT AND BIODIVERSITY.................................................................. 12 PRINCIPLE 3: MINIMIZE NEGATIVE EFFECT ON WATER RESOURCES ....................................... 18 PRINCIPLE 5: USE RESOURCES IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY EFFICIENT AND RESPONSIBLE MANNER................................................................................................................................................................ 27 PRINCIPLE 6: BE SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE ............................................................................................ 34 SECTION 7: STANDARDS FOR FINGERLING AND EGG SUPPLIERS................................................44 Appendix I: Assessment data needed to comply with FTAD standards ....................................... 47 Appendix II: Methodologies related to Principle 3—Water resources ......................................... 48 Appendix III: Feed resource calculations and methodologies.......................................................... 58

FTAD Final Draft Standards – January 2012

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Seafood is one of the most popular sources of protein worldwide. By volume, approximately half of the seafood we eat is wild caught. But the other half is from aquaculture—the fastest-growing food production system in the world—and aquaculture’s share of global seafood is expected to continue to rise. As with many rapidly growing industries, the growth in aquaculture production hasraised concerns about negative social and environmental impacts related to farming, such as water pollution, the spread of diseases and unfair labor practices at farms. Although some producers are addressing these issues well, others are not doing so at all or are doing so poorly. One tool to help encourage more responsible aquaculture is global standards—performance levels that must be reached to...