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‘Urgent investment’ in feed ingredient alternatives for salmon farming needed to avoid financial risk, says FAIRR
Jennifer Marston, AFN Fisheries & Aquaculture
The findings are based on FAIRR’s third and final sustainable aquaculture engagement, which focuses on how salmon producers can lessen their reliance on this “limited resource” to safeguard against financial consequences.
Global salmon production has doubled over the last 20-plus years, with the bulk of that growth due to aquaculture operations producing farmed fish (versus those caught in the wild). But the usual feed sources for farmed salmon—which are typically fed fishmeal and fish oil (FMFO) derived from wild-caught fish—is putting pressure on fish stocks.
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