AQUAFEED Flashcards
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Aquafeed
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- Aqua feed is on e of the major components on the running of TMFF. Therefore any global changes associated with Aquafeed have direct and indirect influences on TMFF
- Aquafeed: fishmeal, commercial product. Made of offal
- 30% of Aquafeed is made of fishmeal
- Skretting Australia is the company that TMFF sources its Aquafeed
- Company is locate din Tasmania
o Comp= a subsidiary company of the Dutch TNC called Nuterco TM
o Nuterco TM is an international animal nutrition and fish feed comp
o It provides over 30% of the worlds feed for both Agriculture and aquaculture
The fishmeal found in the aquafeed pellets are produced in Australia is sourced from another subsidiary company of Nuterco TM in Chile
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GLOBAL EVENTS AFFECTING AQUAFEED
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- TMFF uses Aquafeed because it is the best quality
- Mad cow Disease crisis triggers EU decision to ban processed animal protein since 2000
- Beginning of June 2013, ban was lifted and PAP proteins in fish feed was allowed
- Ruminent materials remains outlawed
- Stores have taken safe line in ruling feather mela out and fish meal in