Climate Change and Aquaculture The Aquaculture Association of Southern Africa

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Climate Change and AquacultureThe Aquaculture
Association of Southern Africa
Presented by Etienne Hinrichsen
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The Aquaculture Association

• Established in 1981
• NPO
• Represents aquaculture producers across Southern
  Africa
• Information and linkages to the sector

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Global Aquaculture

• Supplies nearly half of global seafood supplies.
• Major economic contributor in many developing
  countries.
• At present, their net earnings from aquatic
  products in developing countries (including
  fisheries) is greater than the combined earnings
  from the major agricultural commodities of rice,
  coffee, bananas, rubber, sugar and tea.

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Global Aquaculture

• Around 40 of aquaculture production is
  internationally traded.
• Fish products provide more than 2.8 billion
  people (2.6 billion of whom are from developing
  countries) with about 20 of their average per
  capita intake of animal protein.

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Climate Change

• Aquaculture is particularly sensitive
• Linkages with fisheries (feed, seed and markets)
• Close linkages with water and water quality
• Aquaculture species are poikilothermic

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In South Africa

• ABALONE
• Low sea temperature
• Frequency of inclement sea conditions

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In South Africa

• TROUT
• Higher inland water temperatures
• Shorter growing season
• Reliant on imported stocks
• More disease prevalence
• Smaller fish
• Small scale farmers hardest hit

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What to do

• FAO adaptive measures for aquaculture
• Physical impacts
• Greenhouse gasses
• Governance matters
• Needs to become part of SA policy and planning
  strategies for aquaculture