Public comments for NOAA-USDA Alternative Feeds Initiative
NOAA launched the joint initiative by calling for public comments on the development of alternative aquaculture feeds. The deadline for comments was February 29, 2008. NOAA was seeking responses in four specific areas:
(1) Groundbreaking research on alternative dietary ingredients (feedstuffs) for aquaculture, including plant based proteins, is expanding the United States and worldwide. Where should the federal government focus its research efforts in the area of alternative feeds for aquaculture? Are there specific areas that the federal government should not address?
(2) What are potential alternative sources of protein and oil for aquaculture feeds? For example, are there specific opportunities for greater use of seafood processing waste and other agricultural by-products in aquaculture feeds? Are there specific obstacles to using these alternatives as alternative dietary ingredients in aquaculture feed?
(3) What type of treatments or processes show promise for improvement of existing aquaculture feedstuffs and for developing new feedstuffs? How soon could these technologies be commercialized?
(4) Fish meal and fish oil contribute important human nutritional components to aquaculture feeds such as omega 3 fatty acids. As the aquaculture feeds industry seeks to replace fish meal and fish oil with alternatives, how can the nutritional benefits of farmed seafood be maintained or enhanced? For example, what technologies exist for producing omega 3 fatty acids?
The public comments that NOAA received are shared below.
Click here to access all of the public comments (pdf, 836 KB), or click below for individual comments.
Paul Adelizi, citizen (pdf)
Bruce Anderson, Oceanic Institute (pdf)
Menakhem Ben-Yami, citizen (pdf)
Barbara Blackistone and Lisa Weddig, National Fisheries Institute (pdf)
Dick Boggard, Idaho Trout Company (pdf)
Paul Brown, Purdue University (pdf)
Robert Bullis, Advanced BioNutrition Corp. (pdf)
James Carlberg, Kent SeaTech Corp. (pdf)
Alice Chiu, George Leonard, Ros Naylor, Rebecca Goldburg, Chris Mann et al., various organizations (pdf)
Carrie Cook, Aova Technologies, Inc. (pdf)
Daryl Covey, citizen (pdf)
Fermin Diaz, Farm Media Development Enterprises - Philippines (pdf)
Alan Donkin, Northeast Nutrition Inc. (pdf)
John Ericsson, Gulf Marine Institute of Technology (pdf)
Jeff Firman, University of Missouri (pdf)
John Forster, Forster Consulting, Inc. (pdf)
Tom Frese, Aquasol, Inc. (pdf)
Briana Froseth, Aova Technologies, Inc. (pdf)
Delbert Gatlin and Rick Barrows, Plant Products in Aquafeed Working Group (pdf)
Susan Goldhor, Center for Applied Regional Studies (pdf)
Hui Gong, University of Guam (pdf)
Cliff Goudey, Offshore Aquaculture Engineering Center, MIT (pdf)
Steven Hart, Indiana Soybean Alliance (pdf)
John Hoffman et al., American Soybean Association (pdf)
Ron Huber, Penobscot Bay Watch (pdf)
Bill Hurst, Segment Marketing - Filtration (pdf)
Paul Kelley, Martek Biosciences Corp. (pdf)
Philip Kemp, Carteret Community College (pdf)
George Kissil, National Center for Mariculture - Israel (pdf)
Mahendra Kumar, citizen (pdf)
Luis Lago, Agriculture Dean - Colombia (pdf)
Bruce Lee, Food Futures Flagship (pdf)
Willliam Lockett, citizen (pdf)
Lukas Manomaitis, American Soybean Association (pdf)
George Marco, SPF USA (pdf)
David Maus, Silverstreak Bass Co. (pdf)
Michael McMaster, Mariculture Technologies International, Inc. (pdf)
Mark Muhick, citizen (pdf)
Diarmaid Mulcahy, Irish Aquaculture Association (pdf)
John O'Brien, citizen (pdf)
Refik Orhun, NOAA (pdf)
Ryan Othling, citizen (pdf)
Ernest Papadoyianis, Neptune Industries, Inc. (pdf)
Bob Pawlowski, Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation (pdf)
Alfredo Quarto, Mangrove Action Project (pdf)
Renate Reimschuessel, citizen (pdf)
Lisa Reinhalter and Marianne Cufone, Food and Water Watch (pdf)
B. Sachau, citizen (pdf)
Italo Salgado, Universidad Catolica de Temuco (pdf)
David Shan, Wudi Shoreline Feed Co., Ltd. (pdf)
Craig Sheppard et al., University of Georgia (pdf)
Bill Silkes, American Mussel Harvesters, Inc. (pdf)
Neil Sims, Ocean Stewards Institute (pdf)
Dave Smith, Freshwater Farms of Ohio, Inc. (pdf)
Chris Stock, Zeigler Bros, Inc. (pdf)
Jorge Suarez, Ceniacua (pdf)
Randy Swenson, Oberon FMR, Inc. (pdf)
Jesse Trushenski and Chris Kohler, Southern Illinois University (pdf)
Miguel Vallejos, citizen (pdf)
Dallas Weaver, Carbon Capture, Inc. (pdf)
Carl Webster, Kentucky State University (pdf)
Kenneth Wilson, ProCal, Inc. (pdf)
Mingder Yang, Aova Technologies, Inc. (pdf)
Paul Zimba, USDA/ARS/MSA (pdf)
Anonymous comments (pdf1, pdf2, pdf3, pdf4)