The Case of Taiwan Tilapia Alliance

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The Case of Taiwan Tilapia Alliance
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Agricultural technology not only includes
automation, biology, and genetic engineering, but
also economic, cultural and medical
knowledge Institutional Innovation is also
important!
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• Challenges to Taiwans Fishing Industry
• Declining of coastal and inshore fishery
  resources
• Enforcing conservation management of far sea
• Raising quality requirements of fish products
• Increasing competitions in markets

• Policy Approaches to Overcome Challenges
• - To reduce the impacts on far sea fisheries
• To promote international fisheries cooperation
• To actively participate in international
  fisheries organizations
• To accommodate with the fisheries management
  regulations as set forth in FAO Code of Conduct
  on Responsible Fisheries

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• To cope with the growing concerns of worldwide
  environmental protection
• The demand of energy efficiency and cleaner
  engines for fishing vessels
• The international requirement of high standard of
  vessel and crew safety
• Decommission of aged vessels have been promoted,
  with the objective of building an environment
  friendly fishing fleet

• Practices (in 2002)
• Fishing agreements with 28 Parties or
  Territories, and 700 number vessels
• Reduction of fishing capacity
• - 261 vessels and total 16,648
  M.T.

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Policy Strategies of Aquaculture Development in
Taiwan

• Principles
• Developments focus on potentially competitive
  species or livelihood widely related species.
• Developments on environment which is socially
  responsible and acceptable
• Improving industry by organizing producers,
  suppliers, processors, and academics, i.e.,
  alliance

• To confront the challenges focal culture
  industries
• - fish fries, ornamental fishes, marine cage
  culture, recreation aquafarm, and cobia, grouper,
  milkfish, tilapia, etc.
• ex. Tilapia and Cobia

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Reduction of Aquaculture Production Cost

• 42 specific aquaculture areas, about 150-200
  hectares each (include tilapia farming)
• Construction of public water supply and drainage
  system
• Promotion of cooperative business operation and
  joint procurement

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Taiwan Tilapia Alliance, T2A
Structure of T2A
Chairman
Supervising Organizations COA, FA, TASC
Executive Committee
Advisers
Executive Director Executive Secretary
Processing Vice-Chairman Committee
Production Vice-Chairman Committee
Marketing Vice-Chairman Committee

• Members
• Traders
• Marketers
• Service Providers

• Members
• Researchers
• Breeders
• Farmers

• Members
• Processors
• Feed Manufacturers
• Equipment Suppliers

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About the T2A

• T2A was formed in 2002
• Through generic advertising to create an image of
  superior quality
• Actively participate the exhibits worldwide
• To educate farmers via training courses/seminars
• Act as a gateway among industry, academia and
  government
• To draft/Implement the Code of Practices for
  Tilapia Farming

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The Contents of the Code of Practices for Tilapia
Farming in Taiwan

• Food Safety
• Design and Construction of Farms
• Feed and Feed Use
• General Pond Operation
• Health Management
• Therapeutic Agents and Other Chemicals
• Effluents and Solid Wastes
• Community and Employee Relations
• Conservation of Biodiversity

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Tilapia Video
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World production of Tilapia

• 1950 54,000 M.T.
• 1998 1,526,820 M.T.
• 1999 1,650,000 M.T.
• 2001 2,000,000 M.T.

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World production of Tilapia
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Global Production of Tilapia by country in 1999
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Taiwan Tilapia was selected by NASA as the first
fish to be sent into space
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Taiwan Tilapia export to USA
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Taiwan has adopted many policies to promote the
competitiveness

• constrains of tilapia industry are complicated
• to form specific aquaculture area
• - to built infrastructure
• - to have joint procurement
• to form Taiwan Tilapia Alliance
• - to get common consensus
• - to conduct promotional programs
• to grant research programs

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The Consumption of Fisheries Products

• has increased, due to the increase in population
  and the changes of food consumption patterns
• - increase from aquaculture (the progress of
  aquaculture technologies and their adoption)
• the ratio of aquaculture products to world
  fishery products might increase to 40 from 29
  before 2010

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• Aquaculture
• The farmed tilapia is expected to develop for
  future demand of market
• - developing countries,
• become one of the important protein sources
• the important small-scale social-oriented
  aquaculture
• Increase culture area and production
• - exporting countries,
• should strengthen their competitiveness
• should develop new products - to expand the
  market demands

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• Taiwans Seafood Industry realizes
• high-quality product, safety and sanitation
  are basic business practices to maintain the
  sustainable growth of an industry.
• Taiwans future aquaculture development are
  committed to be eco-responsible and
  consumer/market-oriented aquaculture to comply
  with the trend of an era of restructuring and
  increasing concern for sustainability.

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