Aquaculture waste
Waste fish and shellfish are classed as animal by-products. They are required to be disposed of through approved routes. This includes waste generated from an aquaculture facility.
Animal by-products are classified according to risk, with
category one material carrying the most risk and category three the
least risk to animal or human health.
In aquaculture, different categories of waste are produced.
Material brought ashore which is then discarded as waste i.e.
damaged shellfish are category three.
These must only be disposed of at facilities licensed under the
Animal By-product regulations. It is not permitted to return them
to sea for disposal unless a licence has been granted.
Free of flesh shell may be used for clutch (spat collection)
providing it is only used within the aquaculture site.
Mortalities for reasons other than the intentional slaughter for
human consumption are classed as category two and must be disposed
of by the disposal routes approved for this category.
Producers of waste have a general duty of care for ensuring all
waste produced is properly treated, reused or disposed of.
- Legislation on disposing of waste
- Utilisation and disposal of seafood waste at sea
- Utilisation and disposal of mollusc shell waste
- Sites approved for disposal of animal by-products
- Duty of care
- Animal By-products Regulation on Disposal options 1069/2009
- Animal By-products implementing Regulation on Disposal options 142/2011
For more information, contact
Michaela Archer
e: m_archer@seafish.co.uk
t: 01472 252332
Fishmeal and fish oil
The need to provide fish as feed for other fish has been seen as a challenge to the growth of the aquaculture sector given that the amount of fish that can be produced annually from the world is finite.