World Aquaculture Society 2016
Las Vegas, NV
8.45 am, Wednesday, February 24th, 2016
Neil Anthony Sims, Co-Founder, Co-CEO.
email: [email protected]
OCEAN STEWARDS,
KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE,
AND AMERICA’S
INFATUATION WITH BEEF
By: Neil Anthony Sims and Gavin Key
Kampachi Farms LLC, Kailua-Kona, HI
The imperative for expansion of aquaculture
Consumer health
Ocean health
Global health
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Mission :
To represent and work towards the best use and
management of the open oceans,
meeting the increasing demand for healthful
seafood, through appropriate balancing of the
expansion of environmentally sound open ocean
aquaculture, with protection of open ocean
resources and habitats.
Mission :
To represent and work towards the best use and
management of the open oceans,
meeting the increasing demand for healthful
seafood, through appropriate balancing of the
expansion of environmentally sound open ocean
aquaculture, with protection of open ocean
resources and habitats.
Ocean Stewards membership :
Investor interests
Insurance industry
Alternative oil and protein producers
Feed manufacturers
Cage designers and manufacturers
Offshore aquaculture producers
Equipment manufacturers
Fish processors, distributors, brokers
Retailers, restaurateurs, chefs
Academic and NGO interests
Ocean Stewards goals*
* = as described in 2009 presentation at WAS, Veracruz
US Offshore Aquaculture Legislation
Regulations
Third party certification of sustainability
Industry communication / facilitation
Industry dive standards / training standards
Industry insurance / risk assessment
Advocating for offshore research funding
Open Ocean Grown marketing / promotion
Gulf of Mexico FMP for Aquaculture
FINAL RULE ADOPTED (Finally!)
• Permit duration – 10 years
• Production cap – 27,000 T/yr
• Excludes all fishing around farm sites
• Potential oil and gas sites prioritized
• Paperwork Reduction Act estimate: 33hrs
Celebrate our successes!
GoM FMP …. Approved!
Maine: Permit process cut from 4 yrs to 6 months
Hawaii: BOM expansion approved - no objections
WESPAC Council moving to amend FMP
Rose Canyon permit process moving forward
Broader recognition: “Why offshore”?
Broader recognition: “Why offshore”?
1. Permit availability
(Norway, Turkey, Chile)
2. Less stress
(c.f. Kirchoff, et al., 2011: SBFT)
3. Better fish health
(Neobenedenia in Velella project; SRS and Caligus in Chile)
4. Better growth, survival …
(Velella performance metrics)
Not pushed offshore, but pulled
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Broader recognition: “Why offshore”?
Open ocean aquaculture = better fishing!
Superb FAD effects of the Velella Gamma-trial
(“Over-the-horizon aquaculture”™)
Broader recognition: “Why offshore”?
Norway
SalMar
Not pushed offshore, but pulled
Broader recognition: “Why offshore”?
Norway
Nordlaks
Length = 430 m
Beam = 54 m
Not pushed offshore, but pulled
Where’s the Beef?
U.S. consumption beef vs seafood
See other end for other outputs
Why was Keystone XL rejected?
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Open
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Aquaculture?
Aquaculture?
Aquaculture … “can, and … should, play a larger role in United
States fisheries … both for the food supply … and for … yearround, living wage jobs … in coastal and rural communities. ….“
Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA's Administrator, Keynote Address, Sustainable
Seafood Summit, New Orleans, 2015
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Thank you
Neil Anthony Sims: (808) 989 2438
Truly inspired?
Ocean Stewards Annual Meeting and
Reception (courtesy of DSM Dyneema™)
TONIGHT, WEDNESDAY, CHAMPAGNE 2
5 PM MEETING
5.30 PM RECEPTION