Hainan Tilapia Sustainability Alliance – Hainan, China (Completed)

December 2011

550 farmers

• China Blue Sustainability Institute
• Hainan Tilapia Sustainability Alliance
• Hainan University
• Hainan Qinfu Foods Co.Ltd.
• Hainan Xiangtai Fisheries Co.Ltd.
• Tongwei Hainan Aquatic Products Co.Ltd.
• Hainan Sky-Blue Ocean Ponds Co.Ltd.
• Hainan ProGift Aquaculture Aqua Tech Co.Ltd.
• Hainan Aquatic Breeding Pioneer Aqua-Technology Co.Ltd.
• Hainan Kingwin Aquaculture Co.Ltd.
• IDH – The Sustainable Trade Initiative
• Business Unit of Aqua Bayer (Sichuan) Animal Health Co.Ltd.
• Tunchnag Yongshun Fisheries Cooperative
• Qionghai Tilapia Farmer Association

Farmers

• Tao Weihong
• Wu Jianlog
• Zhu Wenyong
• Zhang Zhibin
• Tang Xiaohe
• Shen Guangyi

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• FishSource Aquaculture profile for Tilapia, Hainan
• iFISH profile for Tilapia, China
• Seafood Watch report for farmed Tilapia, China
• Seafood Trade Intelligence Portal, Tilapia in China

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Highlights of achievements

2011 – 2015

• Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) and local institutions led a Chinese Tilapia AIP to promote sustainable practices, building farmers’ capacity through workshops on international standards and environmental awareness;
• The first Aquaculture Policy Roundtable in Hainan launched a zonal management pilot as part of the AIP;
• The roundtable formed the AIP – the Hainan Tilapia Sustainability Alliance to address disease control, water use, pollution, biodiversity, and food safety;
• SFP expanded research in Hainan on environmental and disease risks, while roundtables explored creating a regional Code of Good Practices (CoGP).
• Five companies signed a MoU with SFP to establish the Alliance, supporting regional management and CoGP development;
• The Alliance and Pearl River Institute of Aquaculture launched the CoGP for Hainan Tilapia Farming, updated annually and made publicly available;
• National research institutes worked on improving water management and building a traceable supply chain, with Fishin’ Co. advocating for stronger government-industry cooperation;
• Hainan Xiangtai Fisheries and Sky-Blue Ocean Foods became the first ASC-certified tilapia producers in China, setting a model for the industry;
• The Alliance planned to expand its monitoring network to 50 farms by mid-2016 and improve traceability across the supply chain.

2016 – 2025

• The AIP (Hainan Tilapia Sustainability Association) increased in membership from 120 to 520 farmers, accounting for 100,000 tonnes of tilapia production;
• The local NGO China Blue Sustainability Institute took over the responsibility for The Hainan Tilapia Sustainability Association;
• The AIP and its use of an industry CoGP led to improvements to the FishSource Aquaculture Profile for tilapia from Hainan, in particular the Organised Producers Following Code of Good Practice Score;
• A tilapia insurance pilot program customized for small-scale fish farmers was introduced as data collection enhanced in the field; a few instruments that facilitated better monitoring of water quality and energy efficiency were introduced through collaboration with some IT equipment companies by the HTSA;
• The HTSA contributed toward developing new and locally appropriate requirements for tilapia pond wastewater discharges. As a result, many tilapia farmers have adopted the “3-pond and 2-dyke” (san chi liang ba) model to treat wastewater from ponds.