John Mosig
He was appointed an inaugural member of the Aquaculture Committee of the Fisheries Co-management Council advising government on policy directions and has served on several sector and peak industry bodies. He started designing and delivering training programs in 1995 and has written two books on the subject, both published by CSIRO Publishing.John and long standing colleague Nutritionist Bill Wiadrowski of Natural Balance, foresaw the need for sound technical guidance for investors in the aquaculture industry and formed ASAT (Aquaculture Services Australia Technology). They have advised on projects across the Indo Pacific region, Asia and in the Middle East.
They bring to the forum an antipodean view while at the same time maintaining scientific and commercial integrity.
Latest Blogs (1-10 of 10)
Are we sure about this?
I first became involved in commercial aquaculture in 1979. And since then I’ve seen quite a few come, and I’ve seen quite a few go. Those that made it founded their operations in scientific and commercial reality. Those that failed ranged from the well meaning to the out and out aquashysters.
This means war, sir!
Following on from the last blog (Antibiotics in fish feed), it looks as like those nasty E. coli have been doing their homework. More worrying still, according to a recent US FDA study, they – the E. coli - have come up with some handy answers for their survival if the recent trials done on the use of antibiotics in pig feed mean anything.
Antibiotics in fish feed
The use of antibiotics in livestock diets has been controversial for as long as I can remember. Now that controversy has spread to aquaculture diets. You wouldn’t have to be Einstein to work out that continual use of even low levels of antibiotics will build up pathogenic resistance. After all, the reverse applies. Recovery from and/or exposure to any given disease is how immune systems – ours included - have developed.
The future of aquaculture
What sort of future does aquaculture have in these ever changing climatic and environmental conditions? For that matter, whether we’re feeding animals to feed humans, or producing food for human consumption, what sort of future does the food producing industry have?
Synthetic organic confusion
The relentless march of ‘organic’ foods into the supermarket aisles has prompted a few questions here in Australia, and it would be presumed elsewhere; how natural is the food covered by the ‘organic’ label? As the sector approaches the billion dollar mark in sales here, competition within the industry for production cost efficiencies grows: quicker growth, higher yields.
Plankton for sustainable aquaculture
The world is full of challenges. And maybe that’s what makes it so interesting. One that continually faces my industry – aquaculture – is one of sustainability.
Is the aquaculture industry efficient enough?
The question has to be asked - is the aquaculture industry managing its research resources in the most efficient manner? With researchers driven to be the discoverer of the ‘next big thing’ in aquaculture, is the industry being shortchanged when it comes to the less glamorous research into nutrient efficiency for the species that are already being farmed? And for that matter, for the new species being brought on line?
Sustainable plankton approach for aquaculture
The world is full of challenges. And maybe that’s what makes it so interesting. One that continually faces my industry – aquaculture – is one of sustainability. Not just from a growers’ perspective of receiving value for production, but also the sustainability consumers, coaxed on by green fundamentalists, are demanding: environmental sustainability and the sustainability of harvesting wild fish to feed farmed fish. I’d like to suggest the two are linked to some degree.
Fish eating fish = not sustainable
We hear a lot about the boom in aquaculture. Some industry pundits are
even asking how long can it last? The answer is simple: as long as the feed
holds out. And that time may not be all that far away.
Global cat food use of trash fish
A recent study by Deakin University scientists has
uncovered some revealing facts. Giovanni Turchini and Professor Sena De Silva in
a report published in the prestigious Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics has revealed
that the world’s domestic cats are fed nearly 2.5 million tonnes of so called
trash fish which are used by the pet food industry as cat
food.
