Sustainable Seafood Ini0a0ves of Meliomar Inc. thriving towards a more sustainable Seafood supply in the Philippines ©MeliomarInc.Philippines

Status of Fishery Sector World Produc0on Fisheries and Aquaculture 1950 - 2012

Source:StateofWorldFisheriesandAquaculture2014(FAO)

PeakofGlobalLandingsin199686.4MioMTSince20yearsondecliningtrend!

43%Farmed

57%Wild

OfficiallyReportedCatchandLandings[Miot]

Challenges of Fishery Sector Increasing Fishing Effort and Decrease in Landings

Source:CaliforniaEnvironmentalAssociatesCEA2012

Challenges of Fishery Sector Fishing Effort and Pressure on Fishery Resources 1950 - 2005

Source:TheSpaPalExpansionandEcologicalFootprintofFisheries(1950toPresent)WilfSwartz,EnricSala,SeanTracey,RegWatson,DanielPauly

Seachange Assessment Methodology

ARTESMAR® Small-Scale Fishery Improvement and Market Recogni0on Program

LocaPon:Mamburao,OccidentalMindoro

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Artesmar® Fishery Improvement Project Philippines Loca0on of Fisheries Areas

EachArtesmar®tunatagcontainsthethreedigitcodeofthelandingandfisherysite

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Artesmar® Traceability and Supply Chain Integrity Tagging of Yellowfin Tuna Meliomar offers a unique system oftraceability and supply chain integrity,from small-scale fishing vessels to thefinal manufactured and packed tunaproducts.The basis of the ARTESMAR® traceabilityscheme is the individual tagging of eachtunauponlanding.ThetunatagconsistofauniquecodethatidenPfieseachtunaastoitsorigin(fishingareaand landingsite)andstaysabachedwiththetunaunPlfinalprocessing.

Meliomar–PioneeringTraceabilityandSupplyChainIntegrity

The Sustainable Seafood Week in February 2017

ConceptbyBlueyouConsulPngandMeliomarInc.Philippines

Vision–TheSustainableSeafoodWeek

“To establish an open and dynamic plaVorm for interestedstakeholderstodiscussthestatus,challengesandawarenessformore sustainable seafood in the Philippines, focusing onlocal soluYons for change and reform in the fisheries andaquaculturesector”

“We,theparYcipantsoftheSustainableSeafoodWeek,cometogethertodeclareourcommitmenttoimprovethe

healthofouroceansbypursuingresponsiblebusinesspracYcesinthesourcingofseafoodproductsfrommoresustainablefisheriesand

aquaculture.”

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THESUSTAINABLESEAFOODWEEKFEBRUARY2016-STATUSOFPARTICIPATINGANDSUPPORTINGORGANIZATIONS

Reef Check Philippines

Problems & Challenges in the Aquaculture Sector Conversion Efficiencies: Carnivorous Farmed Seafood Species

FEEDBASEDAQUACULTURE FeedConversionRaYo(FCR)DryWeightFeed/WetWeightFish

FishIn–FishOutWetWeight/WetWeight

SalmonandTrout 1.0–1.2 6–8kg

Tilapia/Pangasius 1.2–1.8 0.5–1kg

Shrimp 1.2–2.3 3–5kg

Seabass/Seabream/Barramundi 2.3–2.8 3–5kg

Snapper/Grouper 2.5–3.5 4–7kg

BluefinTuna[WetFishFeeding] - 10–15kg

FeedResourceEfficiency•  Farmingcarnivorousspeciesrequireshighdensityproteinandlipiddiets

•  FeedconversionraPo(FCR)canbemisleadingifnotputintothecontextoffeedconversionefficiency

•  ComparingdifferentFCRmustinvolvetakingintoaccounttrophiclevelsofspecies!

©BlueyouConsulPngJanuary2016

Opportuni0es and Solu0ons for Sustainable Aquaculture Integrated Mul0trophic Aquaculture (IMTA)

IMTAFarminghightrophicspeciesincombinaPonwithlowertrophicspecies-  CarnivorousFish-  BivalveMolluscs(FilterFeeder)-  Seaweed(NutrientSink!)-  BobomDetritusFeeders(Sea

Cucumber,SeaUrchins)