Presentation by Mr. Halasi Kovacs, NAIK Research Institute for Fisheries and Aquaculture.pdf

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1. Freshwater aquaculture –
a chance for sustainable
aquaculture development
in the EU
BélaHalasi-Kovács, PhD
director
NAIK Research Institute forFisheriesand Aquaculture
Public Heraring-Measures to ImproveSustainableAquaculturein the EU
European Parliament, 19
th
of February2020
National Agriculturaland
InnovationCentre
Research Institute for
Fisheriesand Aquaculture

2. NAIK HAKI
The main freshwateraquaculture
technologysystemsintheEU
Pond aquaculture Flow-troughsystem Recirculationaquaculture
system(RAS)
Cyprinidspecies Trout Different„highquality” species

3. Freshwaterpond aquaculturethecultural
heritageof Europe
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„The Four Elements:Water” painted by Joachim
Beuckelaer (1535-1575)
„Still life with fish and cat” paintedbyClara Peeters
(1594–after 1657)
Janus Dubravius(1547): De pisciniset
piscium, quiinillisaluntur, naturis, libri
quinque, út doctissimi, itaad rem
familiarem, augendamutilissimi
Military map from the 18th century with fish ponds in
Transylvania
„Thursday” paintedbyWalter Dendy Sadler
(1854–1923)

4. Contributionof freshwateraquaculturein
theEU and globalproduction
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Brackish water
11%
Freshwater
60%
Marine
29%
Global aquacultureproductionbyorigin
Source: FAO Fishstat2019
Marine
85%
Freshwater
12%
Brackish water
3%
European aquacultureproductionbyorigin

5. Relevanceof Carpsproductioninthe
worldaquaculture
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0
5.000.000
10.000.000
15.000.000
20.000.000
25.000.000
30.000.000
35.000.000
40.000.000
1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027
Tonnes
Aquaculture growth: recent trends and forecasted values
Carps Salmonids Tilapias Other Freshwater FishOther Marine Fish
Source: FAO Fishstat2018, OECD/FAO, 2018

6. The billioneuro question
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Market production…
?
oroutdoormuseum

7. The valuesof pond aquaculture
•93 000 tonnes fish production in ponds
•Lowfoodchainspecies
•Most resource-efficientanimalprotein production
•Productionbasedonnaturalprocesses: wiseuseof natural
resources
•Good exampleof circulareconomy
•Fit totheXXI century„GreenSustainability” productionmodel
•Employmentinruralareas
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8. Additionalvaluesof pond production:
naturaland environmentalvalues
•Pond aquaculturemaintains250.000 ha natural-likewetlandsintheEU
•Pond fishfarmscontributetopreservebiodiversity:
–More than400 birdspecies, most of them with NATURA 2000 importance
–Substantial part of the otter population in Europe
–Numerous wetland related plant and animal species with European significance
•Pond fishfarmscontributetobetterwatermanagement
–Retentionof water
–Retentionof solubleand floatingcompartmentsinsupplywater
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1 HAPONDRETAINSYEARLY:
3.8 –8.4 kg Phosporous
96 –560 kg Nitrogen
1100 –1600 kg SuspendedSolids
(Knöscheet al. 2000)

9. NAIK HAKI
Pond fishfarming contributesto
achievethegoalsof European Green
Deal
Healthyfood
production
withzero
pollution
From„Farm
tofork”
Preserving
ecosystems
and
biodiversity
Circular
economy

10. How the pond aquaculture can be
boosted in the EU
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Innovative
Industry
Focused
Research
Enabling
Governance
Sustainableintensification
Subsidythe additional
costsof
environmentalservices
Supportto enhance
freshwater
aquaculture research
Innovativesolutions

11. Sustainableintensificationof pond
aquaculture
•Combiningintensive-extensivesystems
–Pond inpondsystem
–Cage inpond system
–RAS-pondsystem
•FreshwaterIMTA
•Multi-functionalpond fishfarming
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12. •New species inintensivesystems
˗Pikeperch,
˗European catfish
•Sustanaiblefeedingredientsand additives
˗Alternativeprotein sources,
˗Microalgae
•Focusingonadditionalresearch
˗Socialacceptance
˗Processingand marketing (productdiversification, by-productsutilization)
˗Standardization, labeling
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Innovativesolutionsforfreshwaterbased
bioeconomy

13. NAIK HAKI
EU contributions: becomeflagship,no
more rescueboat
„Bluepond”subsidy
•Subsidythecomplexnatural,environmentalandsocialvaluescreatedbypondaquaculture;
interpretedassupportingmaintenanceofwetlandsandrewardingsocalled„bluepond”
technologies.
SupportResearchandinnovation
•Buildupaccessibleandwelltargetedresearchandinnovationfundstoenhancethe
freshwateraquaculturesector.

14. Thankyouforyour
attention!
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15. NAIK HAKI
•Pond aquaculturehas remarkableshareinglobalaquaculturethatensuresitspotentialfor
European onestoo.
•Pond aquaculturemaintainescomplexnatural, environmentalvalues, itis an excellent
exampleofcirculareconomy.
•Pond aquaculturerequiressustainableintensificationand innovation, asthepartsof
freshwater-basedbioeconomy.
•The harmonyof the three main elements–industry, research, governance–of freshwater
aquaculturesector must be ensuredin order to increase productivity.
Main conclusions
•The pond aquaculturecontributestoachievethegoalsof European GreenDeal
•The maintenanceof wetlandscreatedbypond productionneedsthe„bluepond” subsidy.
•The additionalresearchactivitiessupportedbytheEU has alsoeminentroletofulfillthe
demandsof pond aquaculturedevelopment.