Future of Fish Feed (F3) is a collaborative effort between NGOs, researchers, and private partnerships to accelerate the commercialization of innovative, substitute aquaculture feed ingredients to replace wild-caught fish. Reliance on wild-caught fish is unsustainable since their populations are declining.
Impact
We have created a Forage Fish Savings Estimator to assist innovative ingredient companies, that can provide nutritionally equivalent replacements for fishmeal and fish oil, in calculating the number of forage fish saved. Based on our calculations, the first F3 contest saved approximately 350 million fish and the second contest saved over 2 billion fish.
“Fishmeal alternatives continue to be developed, like algae, bacteria from methane production or microbial proteins from carbon dioxide sequestration. We are trying to turn plant-based ingredients into animal-based ingredients… The trick is to make plant meal behave like fishmeal, not to turn carnivores into herbivores.
Fish do not require fishmeal. They require the nutrients that fishmeal happens to contain. That is why fishmeal has been used so much in aquaculture. If you take the fishmeal out, you must supplement with other ingredients to get the necessary nutrients, hence the need to develop other protein sources. If diets are formulated correctly and contain all essential nutrients, growth rate and feed efficiency will be good.”
F3 CHALLENGES
2015年，我们推出了首届F3挑战赛，即F3无鱼饲料挑战赛，旨在为水产养殖开发无鱼饲料，简称F3。该挑战赛的获胜者于2017年10月在都柏林的全球水产养殖联盟会议上已经宣布。获胜规则是，参赛的饲料公司需要在2017年9月15日挑战赛结束之前，使用创新配方生产和销售最多的无鱼粉水产饲料，或者是无鱼粉饲料销售量率先达到10万吨的公司。参赛公司来自澳大利亚、奥地利、中国、印度尼西亚、缅甸、南非、泰国和美国等地。销售经过验证的F3无鱼粉饲料产品的公司列表在这里。
为促进F3无鱼饲料挑战赛参赛团队与大型饲料公司之间的联系，我们于2017年1月在旧金山湾区举行了第一届F3会议。本次会议的讨论促进了我们的饲料创新网络的发展，通过共享实验协议，并指导原料公司选择可以实施这些协议的机构进行测试，以鼓励无鱼水产养殖饲料原料的可持续创新。
广东恒兴饲料公司是F3无鱼饲料挑战赛的获胜者，在参赛16个月内，累计销售超过8万4千吨的无鱼饲料。这里x可以查看恒兴的获奖发言。
TOTAL FORAGE FISH SAVINGS FROM THE F3 FISH-FREE FEEDS CHALLENGE: 350 MILLION.
Our assumptions for this calculation are here, with a breakdown of the calculations here.
Our second F3 Challenge, the F3 Fish Oil Challenge, aimed to find fish oil replacements that contain essential fatty acids in ratios that mimic the average fatty acid profile found in forage fish. The prize was for the team that sold the greatest amount of DHA + EPA + ARA as calculated from sales of qualified F3 Oil by the end of the Challenge. The winner was announced in October 2019 at the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s GOAL Conference in Chennai, India.
2019年2月，我们举办了第二届F3会议，汇集了世界各大饲料公司和本届F3挑战赛参赛团队。我们迫切希望通过这些联系能加速水产养殖中鱼油替代品的使用，并且挑战赛所带来的积极影响仅仅只是开始。有关2019 F3会议的亮点，请点击这里。
TOTAL FORAGE FISH SAVINGS FROM THE F3 FISH OIL CHALLENGE: 2 BILLION.
Our assumptions for this estimate are here, with a breakdown of the calculations here.
Our third and current F3 Challenge is the F3 Challenge: Carnivore Edition. The goal of this challenge is to reduce aquaculture’s demand for forage fish by advancing substitute feeds for the industry’s biggest consumers of forage fish: salmon, shimp, and other carnivorous species.
F3饲料创新网络
The Feed Innovation Network, supports the innovation and widespread adoption of substitute fish-free feed ingredients by providing information on experimental protocols, testing facilities, and promising new ingredients.
F3FIN.org hosts resources for ingredient suppliers, aquafeed companies, fish farmers, researchers, investors, and policymakers:
• F3 Suppliers – F3 ingredient and feed company profiles
• Open formulas for F3 feeds
• Evaluation protocols and testing facilities
• Forage Fish Savings Estimator
Supporting Organizations
Thanks to Anonymous Donors as well!
Past Sponsors
F3 Team
Leadership and Judges
| Dr. Kevin Fitzsimmons | University of Arizona | Former President World Aquaculture Society, Aquaculture and Integrated Farming Systems, Aquaculture Extension Specialist, Tilapia Expert, Fullbright Fellow |
| Dr. Ling Cao | Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Stanford University | Sustainable Aquaculture/Policy and Management, China |
| Dr. Michael Tlusty | University of Massachusetts Boston | Seafood Sustainability, Research Faculty in Aquaculture, Sustainable Seafood Policy and Management |
Industry and Technical Advisory Panel
| Dr. Rick Barrows | Aquatic Feed Technologies, USDA/ARS ret. | Nutritionist, Feed and Fish physiology, F3 Chief Scientific Adviser Background, Publications |
| Dan Chen | Guangdong Evergreen Feed Industry Co., Ltd. | President |
| Yuchi Chen | Guangdong Evergreen Feed Industry Co., Ltd. | Vice President |
| Dr. Hillary Egna | Oregon State University | Aquaculture and International Development |
| Dr. Roz Naylor | Stanford University | Food Security and the Environment, Economist |
| Karim Kurmaly | Veramaris | CEO |
| Chris Oakes | NovoNutrients | Vice President Market and Product Development |
| Dr. Wendy Sealey | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Research Physiologist |
| Dr. Loc Tran | Nong Lam University, Shrimp Vet Laboratory | Disease Expert, Vietnam |
Coordination & Administration
| Dr. Barbara Page | Anthropocene Institute | |
| Kelly Alfrey | Anthropocene Institute | |
| Alex Driedger | Anthropocene Institute | |
| Annie Reisewitz | Strategic Ocean Solutions | F3 Media Liaison |