Contributing to UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development provides the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries in a global partnership to achieve peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future.
Sandakan Fishmeal Sdn Bhd is contributing to the UN SDGs
through our operations:
There is continual misunderstanding about the raw material supply into fishmeal and fish oil production, that the whole fish used are being taken from the direct human consumption market. When bycatch has no or very low value, fishermen usually discard it back into the sea. This will also happen to commercial species if on-board storage space is a constraint or if smaller specimens are worth less per kilogram than larger ones. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations {link to this website: Proceedings of the Global Conference on Aquaculture 2010 - Farming the Waters for People and Food (fao.org)}, “industrial-grade forage fish” has no commercially-viable markets as food. So, fishing for them is viable only if the species is used as raw material for fishmeal and oil. “Food grade forage fish” are generally considered low-quality fish, and consumers prefer other, more expensive species, when they can afford them.
What SFM does:
We make use of fish that the fresh fish market and the fish processing industries cannot or does not want to buy, hence reducing wastage and pollution of the sea.
Using fishmeal and fish oil strategically in aquatic and animal diets produces many more volumes of more widely accepted and consumed fish and other animal proteins in a more efficient way. According to The Marine Ingredients Organisation (IFFO) {please link to this website: Fish in: Fish Out (FIFO) ratios for the conversion of wild feed to farmed fish, including salmon | IFFO - The Marine Ingredients Organisation}, the fish-in:fish-out (FIFO) ratio is approximately 0.22:1 for all fed aquaculture, which means that global aquaculture used just 220g of wild fish for each kilo of farmed fish and crustaceans produced. Aquaculture globally is actually producing four and a half times as much farmed seafood as it uses feed fish.
What SFM does:
Our fishmeal is used in the efficient rearing of farmed fish and crustaceans that are palatable and desirable by consumers.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations {link to this website: The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020 (fao.org)}, aquaculture today contributes about half of all the seafood eaten in the world. Doubtlessly, the price of all fish would be substantially higher today if aquaculture did not exist. This will have also benefited the very poor.
What SFM does:
We are directly involved in the value chain of bringing affordable seafood to the masses.
When there are relatively few job opportunities or when companies place profitability over employees’ welfare and safety, it is not uncommon to hear of HR malpractices, employee abuse and unsafe work environment. “Doing the right thing” often requires more cost and effort, which companies may simply take the easy way out to do less, or omit completely.
What SFM does:
We value our employees and do not take them for granted. We provide accommodation with proper sanitation and electricity for our staff, as well as reasonable compensation which meets or exceeds the legal minimum wages. We design and implement health and safety protocols at our premises to ensure our workers have a safe working environment. We practise gender equality and rewards based on meritocracy.
We at Sandakan Fishmeal, Believe That We are Contributing to The UN SDGs Through Our Operations
Business
Doubtlessly, the price of all fish would be substantially higher today if aquaculture did not exist. his will have also benefited the very poor.
Fishmeal & Fish Oil
Doubtlessly, the price of all fish would be substantially higher today if aquaculture did not exist. his will have also benefited the very poor.
Certificates
Doubtlessly, the price of all fish would be substantially higher today if aquaculture did not exist. his will have also benefited the very poor.
Accountability
Doubtlessly, the price of all fish would be substantially higher today if aquaculture did not exist. his will have also benefited the very poor.
What SFM Does
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations aquaculture today contributes about half of all the seafood eaten in the world. Doubtlessly, the price of all fish would be substantially higher today if aquaculture did not exist. This will have also benefited the very poor.
What SFM Does
We are directly involved in the value chain of bringing affordable seafood to the masses.
There is continual misunderstanding about the raw material supply into fishmeal and fish oil production, that the whole fish used are being taken from the direct human consumption market. When bycatch has no or very low value, fishermen usually discard it back into the sea. This will also happen to commercial species if on-board storage space is a constraint or if smaller specimens are worth less per kilogram than larger ones. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations {link to this website: Proceedings of the Global Conference on Aquaculture 2010 – Farming the Waters for People and Food (fao.org)}, “industrial-grade forage fish” has no commercially-viable markets as food. So, fishing for them is viable only if the species is used as raw material for fishmeal and oil. “Food grade forage fish” are generally considered low-quality fish, and consumers prefer other, more expensive species, when they can afford them.
What SFM does:
We make use of fish that the fresh fish market and the fish processing industries cannot or does not want to buy, hence reducing wastage and pollution of the sea.
What SFM does:
We make use of fish that the fresh fish market and the fish processing industries cannot or does not want to buy, hence reducing wastage and pollution of the sea.
Using fishmeal and fish oil strategically in aquatic and animal diets produces many more volumes of more widely accepted and consumed fish and other animal proteins in a more efficient way. According to The Marine Ingredients Organisation (IFFO) {please link to this website: Fish in: Fish Out (FIFO) ratios for the conversion of wild feed to farmed fish, including salmon | IFFO – The Marine Ingredients Organisation}, the fish-in:fish-out (FIFO) ratio is approximately 0.22:1 for all fed aquaculture, which means that global aquaculture used just 220g of wild fish for each kilo of farmed fish and crustaceans produced. Aquaculture globally is actually producing four and a half times as much farmed seafood as it uses feed fish.
What SFM does:
Our fishmeal is used in the efficient rearing of farmed fish and crustaceans that are palatable and desirable by consumers.
What SFM does:
Our fishmeal is used in the efficient rearing of farmed fish and crustaceans that are palatable and desirable by consumers.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations {link to this website: The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020 (fao.org)}, aquaculture today contributes about half of all the seafood eaten in the world. Doubtlessly, the price of all fish would be substantially higher today if aquaculture did not exist. This will have also benefited the very poor.
What SFM does:
We are directly involved in the value chain of bringing affordable seafood to the masses.
What SFM does:
We are directly involved in the value chain of bringing affordable seafood to the masses.
When there are relatively few job opportunities or when companies place profitability over employees’ welfare and safety, it is not uncommon to hear of HR malpractices, employee abuse and unsafe work environment. “Doing the right thing” often requires more cost and effort, which companies may simply take the easy way out to do less, or omit completely.
What SFM does:
We value our employees and do not take them for granted. We provide accommodation with proper sanitation and electricity for our staff, as well as reasonable compensation which meets or exceeds the legal minimum wages. We design and implement health and safety protocols at our premises to ensure our workers have a safe working environment. We practise gender equality and rewards based on meritocracy.
What SFM does:
We value our employees and do not take them for granted. We provide accommodation with proper sanitation and electricity for our staff, as well as reasonable compensation which meets or exceeds the legal minimum wages. We design and implement health and safety protocols at our premises to ensure our workers have a safe working environment. We practise gender equality and rewards based on meritocracy.