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Title: Producer Associations and their contributions to aquaculture development: the lessons learnt from th


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OPEN AQUACULTURE Assuring governance and
transparency Cooperation with society Javier
Ojeda
  • Producer Associations and their contributions to
    aquaculture development the lessons learnt from
    the FEAP experience
  • FAO/FEAP Joint Workshop 24th May 2007 FAO
    Headquarters, Rome

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  • Cooperating with society means working together
    for the sustainable development of aquaculture
  • Nowadays there is a general trend on all
    activities trying to be sustainable, but in
    reality the way to get there isnt easy
  • The possibility of being sustainable does not
    depend solely on the sector directly involved in
    the activity, but there is a wide
    co-responsibility.

3
  • SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
  • Founded on three well defined and interrelated
    dimensions environmental, social and economic
  • Aimed to be
  • Environmentally acceptable from societys point
    of view
  • Socially fair and integrated
  • Economically viable and competitive.

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  • THE ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSION OF SUSTAINABILITY
  • We encourage an activity that is
  • Respectful towards its surrounding natural
    environment.
  • Responsible in the use of natural resources.
  • The control of the environmental impact of
    aquaculture can be achieved by means of
  • Suitable siting of the farms
  • Appropriate management of production, feeding,
    etc.

5
  • THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF SUSTAINABILITY
  • Companies are the best way of human organization
    to create economic added value but at the same
    time they have the capacity to generate social
    added values
  • This creates a responsibility that is the basis
    of the social dimension of our sustainability
    its our Social Responsibility
  • Source of employment
  • Stable and high quality jobs
  • Training and life-long learning
  • Internal promotion
  • Non-discriminating

6
  • THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF SUSTAINABILITY
  • Aquaculture is an activity that is generally
    carried out in public domain areas
  • The authorizations for the right of use of these
    areas requires -amongst others- the approval of
    local communities that must see in the location
    of a aquaculture farm in their vicinity a
    positive fact
  • And to achieve this support Integration in the
    local communities is needed.

7
  • THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF SUSTAINABILITY
  • But the fulfillment of the social dimension of
    sustainability involves much more than just
    Social Responsibility and Integration in the
    local communities
  • Both Consumers and the Administrations share
    important doses of direct responsibility on
    making possible the Sustainable Development of
    aquaculture.

8
  • THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF SUSTAINABILITY
  • Consumers exercise their responsibility on the
    Sustainable Development each time they fill the
    shopping cart.

Price
health
Water
Taste
Ethics
Feed
From Fork to Farm
  • We are a sector driven by the demands of
    consumers instead of by the conditions of the
    producers

9
  • THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF SUSTAINABILITY
  • The work of the Administrations plays a crucial
    role in the Sustainable Development of
    aquaculture
  • Administrations have the obligation to set
    enabling regulatory frameworks that will
    encourage the initiative of people and companies
  • The lack of legal rules is harmful, but an excess
    of regulation or inappropriate rules suffocate
    the companies, and play against the Sustainable
    Development of aquaculture.

10
  • THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF SUSTAINABILITY
  • An issue that is becoming cornerstone for the
    Sustainable Development of aquaculture is ICZM
  • Today aquaculture is offered non-occupied areas,
    but to be sustainable it must be offered suitable
    locations considering both environmental and
    economic aspects
  • Aquaculture must have equal rights for access to
    sites
  • Synergies must be searched
  • More science and more mutual understanding are
    needed.

11
  • THE ECONOMIC DIMENSION OF SUSTAINABILITY
  • Aquaculture must be a viable, competitive and
    self-sufficient activity. Driven by the
    initiative of the companies, being market forces
    the ones that must shape the industry
  • Objective find economic sense in providing
    healthy, safe and nutritious seafood for the
    consumers
  • Challenge produce and sell our products to a
    society that doesnt seem willing to pay extra
    price for our environmental and social
    sustainability efforts.

12
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTOF AQUACULTURE
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  • COOPERATING WITH SOCIETY
  • Because we understand this situation FEAP has
    opened its actions to cooperate and work closely
    with other societal organisations.
  • Since 2005 FEAP has been working with the World
    Conservation Union to cooperate on the
    development of sustainable aquaculture.

14
  • COOPERATING WITH SOCIETY
  • IUCN and the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture,
    Fisheries and Food agreed in 2006 to further
    cooperate in this FEAP-IUCN agreement and develop
    Guidelines for Sustainable Development of
    Mediterranean Aquaculture
  • The objective of these guidelines is to propose
    recommendations for responsible and sustainable
    aquaculture, giving support to decision makers,
    aquaculture producers and stakeholders in the
    Mediterranean region.

15
  • COOPERATING WITH SOCIETY
  • There is a group of experts behind this work,
    originally set up in Barcelona in 2004
  • by IUCNs Centre for Mediterranean
    Cooperation, and enlarged thereafter
  • Composed of aquaculture specialists from around
    the Mediterranean region, with different areas of
    expertise.

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  • COOPERATING WITH SOCIETY
  • Workshop with the Algerian Ecologic Movement
    (MEA) and the Algerian Ministry of Fisheries,
    in Algiers in June 2005
  • Meeting in Barcelona in November 2005
  • Meeting in Florence in May 2006
  • Workshop in Las Palmas (Canary Islands) in
    October 2006.

17
  • COOPERATING WITH SOCIETY
  • The first Guide is Interaction between
    Aquaculture and the Environment
  • Its devoted to the interaction between
    aquaculture practices and the environment
  • It does not address interaction with other human
    activities taking place in the same environment.
    Neither does it cover fresh water aquaculture
  • It addresses finfish and shellfish culture, but
    mainly focuses on finfish aquaculture, and
    specifically cage aquaculture.

18
  • COOPERATING WITH SOCIETY
  • The first Guide is published Interaction
    between Aquaculture and the Environment
  • Domestication.
  • Introduced Marine Species.
  • Capture of Wild Stocks for Aquaculture Needs
  • Feed Ingredients.
  • Organic Matter in the Effluents
  • Pathogen Transfer
  • Therapeutic and other Products
  • Antifouling Products
  • Effects on Local Flora and Fauna

19
  • COOPERATING WITH SOCIETY
  • The first Guide is published Interaction
    between Aquaculture and the Environment

Structure of each Guide Current
situation Current scientific knowledge Justificati
on Principle Guidelines Boxes with open debates
20
  • COOPERATING WITH SOCIETY
  • The two next Guides have been initiated
  • Site selection
  • Carrying capacity
  • Environmental Impact Assesment
  • Environmental Impact Management
  • Licensing
  • Zoning
  • ICZM and Ecosystemic approaches

21
  • COOPERATING WITH SOCIETY
  • The two next Guides have been initiated
  • Certification of origin and quality of
    aquaculture products
  • Food safety and traceability.
  • Eco-labels and certification of sustainability.
  • Organic production.
  • Other certifications of quality and origin.

22
  • COOPERATING WITH SOCIETY FOR THE SUSTAINABLE
    DEVELOPMENT OF AQUACULTURE
  • We know other organisations are working on the
    same issues
  • In general financing these works is a bottleneck
    so we should take advantage of all possibilities
  • Many experts contribute at the same time on
    several of these other different organisation
    working groups
  • But the aim is clear towards a Sustainable
    Aquaculture, with Society.

23
Thank you for your attention Javier Ojeda
  • Producer Associations and their contributions to
    aquaculture development the lessons learnt from
    the FEAP experience
  • FAO/FEAP Joint Workshop 24th May 2007 FAO
    Headquarters, Rome
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