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　　Seafood Innovation Contest to Develop “Fish-Free” Fish Oil Launches

　　

　　水產飼料魚油替代創新挑戰賽正式啟動

　　

　　Fish Oil Challenge seeks innovators to streamline aquaculture feed supply chain

　　

　　

　　Sept. 7, 2017—A new contest to innovate a fish oil alternative that doesn’t rely on wild-caught fish officially launched this week. The F3 Fish Oil Challenge will award a $100,000 prize to the company or team that makes and sells the most fish-free “fish oil” to aquaculture operations or feed manufacturers. The prize amount is expected to increase through additional crowdsource fundraising.

　　

　　值此首屆F3無魚飼料挑戰賽閉幕之際，新一輪魚油替代挑戰賽于上周正式啟動。本屆F3魚油替代挑戰賽將頒發超過10萬美金的獎金給銷售最多魚油替代品給水產養殖戶或飼料生產商的公司或團隊。籌款還在繼續進行中， 獎金的最終數額有望大幅度提高。

　　

　　The F3 (Future of Fish Feed) team, a collaboration of scientists, environmentalists and industry leaders, is currently recruiting innovators to join the global race to help remove a bottleneck to growth in the aquaculture industry. Aquaculture is poised to explode as the supplier of one of the world's most efficient sources of animal proteins to feed our planet’s growing population. However, the industry is being held back by the availability of one key ingredient: fish oil, which provides important omega fatty acids for animal and human nutrition.

　　

　　由科學家、環保人士和業界領袖聯合組成的F3團隊（未來水產飼料團隊），目前正在吸納創新者加入新一輪的全球魚油替代挑戰賽，為消除水產養殖業的增長瓶頸共同努力。水產養殖是世界上最有效的動物蛋白來源之一，為不斷增長的世界人口提供食物。然而，該行業的可持續發展正受到一個關鍵成分即魚油的限制，魚油能為動物和人類營養提供重要的ω-脂肪酸。

　　

　　The University of Arizona, New England Aquarium, University of Massachusetts Boston, Synbiobeta, Anthropocene Institute and The World Bank are sponsoring the contest that aims to both support and streamline the aquaculture feed supply chain.

　　

　　本次比賽由來自美國的亞利桑那大學、新英格蘭水族館、馬薩諸塞州波士頓大學、Synbiobeta公司、人類學研究所及世界銀行提供友情贊助，旨在支持和簡化水產飼料供應鏈。

　　

　　“We are seeking innovators who do not accept business-as-usual and will apply their ingenuity to make aquaculture industry more feasible, and more environmentally responsible now and in the future,” said University of Arizona Professor Kevin Fitzsimmons, a judge of the Fish Oil Challenge and former president of the World Aquaculture Society. “Changing the way we grow farmed fish is vital to feed ourselves without further depleting the wild-fish populations on which aquaculture depends.”

　　

　　本屆挑戰賽裁判之一、世界水產養殖協會前主席、亞利桑那大學教授凱文·菲茨西蒙斯表示：“我們正在尋找不循常規的創新者們，借助他們的聰明才智，讓水產養殖變得更具可行性且更加環保。改變養殖的傳統方式，減少對竭盡枯竭的野生魚類資源的依賴，對于養活人類而言，至關重要 。”

　　

　　Fish farms, or aquaculture, now provide about half of the world’s seafood. And, fish farm owners are looking for new and innovative ways to feed all those billions of fish in a way that doesn’t rely on fish resources from the ocean. Oily fish, like sardines, anchovies and menhaden, called “forage fish,” are currently harvested from the wild and fed to farmed-raised fish to provide them with these essential fatty oils.

　　

　　就目前而言，將近一半的世界水產品來自于水產養殖 。許多養殖者一直在尋找創新的方法，期望擺脫對海洋魚類資源即魚粉魚油的依賴。油性魚類，例如沙丁魚，鳳尾和鯡魚，又稱“餌料魚”，在海洋里被捕獲后通常用作生產水產飼料的原料，為養殖魚類提供必需的脂肪酸。

　　

　　The problem is that these fish are also crucial food for other commercial fisheries like cod, salmon, tuna, as well as marine mammals like whales, dolphins and seals as well as seabirds. If these wild fish populations at the center of the food chain disappear, so will the life that depends on it.

　　

　　問題是這些餌料魚也是其他經濟漁業，例如鱈魚、鮭魚、金槍魚，以及海洋哺乳動物如鯨魚、海豚和海豹以及海鳥的重要食物。一旦處于食物鏈中心的這些野生種群消失，依賴于它們的生命也將消失。

　　

　　For the current rate of expansion of aquaculture to continue, most scientists and aquaculture industry analysts agree that alternative ingredients need to be used. If alternatives are not found the aquaculture industry will contract, according to the World Bank. Some of the innovations may be found in new collaborations between the biotechnology and seafood sectors to create a fish-free fish oil that provides essential nutrients for aquaculture and for people using fewer land and water resources.

　　

　　基于當前水產養殖的增長速度，大多數科學家和行業分析師都認為魚粉魚油的替代非常有必要。世界銀行認為，如果沒有發現合適的替代品，水產養殖業的發展必將受限。正在興起的生物技術和水產行業的合作，極有可能激發研制出一系列創新的魚油替代品，能夠在使用較少土地和水資源的情況下，為水產養殖和人類提供必需的營養 。

　　

　　“From its inception, biotechnology has been about finding solutions to societal challenges,” said Christopher Oakes, director of corporate development at SynBioBeta, the activity hub for the synthetic biology industry. "Our hope is that we can apply engineering principles to biology and increase collaboration between these two industries to improve the sustainability of farm-raised seafood."

　　

　　合成工業中的明星企業SynBioBeta公司，其發展總監Christopher Oakes表示：“自一開始，生物技術就一直在尋求解決社會挑戰的方案。我們的希望是，將工程原理應用于生物學，增加兩個行業之間的合作，以提高養殖水產品的可持續性。”

　　

　　Essential fatty acids (EFAs), known as omega-3s and 6 and found in fish oils, are critical building blocks of a fish diet. An optimal balance of these key nutrients in aquaculture-raised fish feed is needed to ensure that the fish are healthy and highly nutritious for consumers. Currently only one of these fatty acids, called DHA, is available from non-fish sources such as algae. Innovating a complete fish oil replacement that contains the other two essential fatty acids, known as EPA and ARA, in an optimal ratio that mimics the fatty acid profile found in forage fish is the goal of the challenge. EFAs are important for the health of the human nervous system, including the health of the heart and brain.

　　

　　魚油中發現的必需脂肪酸（EFAs），包含ω-3和ω-6系脂肪酸，是魚類營養所需的關鍵元素。飼料中的這些主要營養元素必須達到平衡，才能確保養殖魚類的食品安全和營養價值。目前，只有 DHA這種必需脂肪酸可從非魚源（如藻類）獲得。本次挑戰賽的目標是，研發一款完美的魚油替代品，它富含另外兩種必需脂肪酸EPA和ARA，且二者比率能跟野生餌料魚水平相當。EFAs對于人類神經系統包括心臟和腦的健康，都是非常重要的。

　　

　　To help the contestants, the F3 team’s fish nutrition experts have used known fatty acid profiles of wild forage fish to develop target values that will need to be met to qualify as a viable fish oil replacement. View Contest Rules.

　　

　　F3團隊的魚類營養專家依據已知的野生餌料魚脂肪酸水平設計了挑戰的目標值，只有滿足這個目標值，才能成為可行的魚油替代品。欲查看比賽規則，請點擊：Contest Rules。

　　

　　Raising healthy fish on fish-free feed has many consumer benefits as well. The sustainable harvest of forage fish is of increasing importance for preserving life in the oceans and to make aquaculture more environmentally responsible for consumers.

　　

　　利用無魚飼料養殖健康的水產品，也給消費者帶來諸多利益。對野生餌料魚進行可持續捕撈，不僅有利于保護海洋生命，也將促使水產養殖變得更加環保。

　　

　　Since the current supply of fishmeal and fish oil from the ocean is limited and fluctuates based upon environmental conditions, sourcing of sustainable ingredients for aquaculture feeds is a main factor considered by seafood eco-labels, which provide consumers with important information about the sustainability of the seafood they buy.

　　

　　由于目前海洋魚粉和魚油供應有限，且易受環境條件波動的影響，因此基于可持續原料生產的飼料是水產品生態標簽的一個重要參考因素。標簽能為消費者提供有關產品是否可持續的重要信息。

　　

　　Recent scientific studies have also found harmful levels of mercury and other pollutants in forage fish that accumulate in the ocean, which could be a cause for concern among consumers.

　　

　　最近的科學研究還發現，部分海洋餌料魚體內累積的汞和其他污染物已達有害水平，這或將成為消費者關注的另外一個原因。

　　

　　“Our goal is to use technological innovation to overcome challenges in the aquaculture supply chain and change the way we feed farm-raised fish,” said Fitzsimmons. “The industry has made tremendous strides to vastly increase yields of aquaculture products with limited supplies of fish meal and fish oil. However, if we are to become even more sustainable and want to ensure a robust industry in the future, more innovation is needed to find cost-effective alternative ingredients.”

　　

　　Fitzsimmons教授說：“我們的目標是，利用技術創新來攻破水產養殖供應鏈面臨的挑戰，改變過去飼養魚類的方式。盡管魚粉和魚油供應有限，水產養殖產業仍取得巨大進步，產量也得到大幅提高。可如果我們希望變得更加可持續，以確保行業有著強勁的未來，我們則需要更多的創新，去尋找經濟可行的替代原料。”

　　

　　China and the Asia-Pacific region are the largest markets in the global aquaculture industry, which is expected to be worth over $200 billion by 2020. The global fish oil market is projected to reach over $4 billion by 2021, and the rapidly expanding growing global aquaculture industry is the greatest source of demand for fish oil. Demand for fish oil as an ingredient in dietary supplements and pet food is also on the rise.

　　

　　中國和亞太地區在全球水產養殖市場占主導地位，預計至2020年將達到2000億美元以上。到2021年，預計全球魚油市場將達到40億美元，魚油需求的主要來源是快速增長的水產養殖業。此外，對魚油用作膳食補充劑和寵物飼料成分的需求也在持續增加。

　　

　　The first challenge by the F3 team, the Fish-Free Feed Challenge, was a game-changer in the fish feed industry by helping to promote the adoption of fish-free feed to improve the overall sustainability of the aquaculture industry. The challenge drew contestants from all over the world who have collectively sold over 100,000 metric tons of fish-free feed, saving over 100 million forage fish from being used as fish feed. This new challenge will help provide a key strategic ingredient that will enable aquaculture to expand more quickly, independent of wild-caught fish stocks, enhancing global food security.

　　

　　F3團隊發起的第一個挑戰是“無魚飼料挑戰賽”，旨在鼓勵水產飼料創新，推廣不含任何海洋魚類成分的飼料，以提高水產養殖業整體的可持續性。該挑戰吸引了來自世界各地的參賽團隊，累計銷售無魚飼料超過10萬噸，相當于拯救了一億尾用作飼料的海洋餌料魚。剛剛發起的新一輪挑戰，旨在尋找飼料的一個重要戰略成分，讓水產養殖的增長不再依賴于野生魚類資源，從而加強全球糧食安全。

　　

　　The goal of the F3 Fish Oil Challenge is to accelerate the availability of cost-competitive, viable alternatives to fish oil that provide the essential nutritional components for fish that at the same time help reduce demand for wild-caught for fish feed and enhance food security. To learn more and register to compete, visit: www.f3challege.org.

　　

　　F3國際魚油挑戰賽的目標是加快提供具有競爭力的經濟可行的魚油替代品，在為養殖魚類提供必需營養成分的同時，減少對野生魚類的捕撈壓力，加強全球糧食安全。如欲了解更多信息和注冊參賽，敬請訪問：www.f3challege.org

　　

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