The humble sardine (small pelagics): fish as food or fodder

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dc.contributor.authorIsaacs, Moenieba
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-20T10:08:30Z
dc.date.available2017-06-20T10:08:30Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractBackground: The group of small pelagic fish is the largest species group landed globally. A significant proportion of this nutrient-rich food is processed and lost to livestock feed, fish feed, fish oil, pet food and omega-rich vitamins. The nutritional importance of small pelagics as an easily digestible protein source, rich in essential lipids with fatty acids (EPA/DHA), essential amino acids, minerals and vitamins, is well known and documented. Small pelagics contain all the elements of a healthy and nutritionally optimal food source for humans and are an important contributor to the food and nutritional security of many poor, low-income households in developing countries. Findings: Large-scale and small-scale fisheries play an important role in contributing to food security and nutrition. Yet, all of the anchovy landings from large-scale fisheries are reduced to animal feed, fish oil and pet food in South Africa. The size of the species, labour costs and lack of incentives by the state are some of the challenges to redirecting anchovy for human consumption. This trend is also now prevalent in Tanzania, where most (84%) of the dagaa fished is reduced to fishmeal in Kenya, mainly to feed chickens. The main challenges are post-harvest handling and sanitation. Conclusions: The redirecting of small pelagics to human consumption will depend on the role of the state in Tanzania and South Africa in investing in post-harvest processing. The role small-scale fisheries play in providing fish for food security needs to be understood in the context of economic viability and of how data are reported in this sector as compared to large-scale fisheries.en_US
dc.description.accreditationScopus 2017
dc.identifier.citationIsaacs Moenieba. (2016). The humble sardine (small pelagics): fish as food or fodder. Agriculture & Food Security, 5:27en_US
dc.identifier.issn20487010
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2993
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40066-016-0073-5
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBioMed Central Ltd.
dc.rightsAll the contents of this journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.subjectFood securityen_US
dc.subjectNutritionen_US
dc.subjectConsumptionen_US
dc.subjectSmall-scaleen_US
dc.subjectLarge-scaleen_US
dc.subjectSmall pelagicsen_US
dc.titleThe humble sardine (small pelagics): fish as food or fodderen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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