Grinding up fish to feed to fish is ‘absurd’: fears over UN fish farm plan
A UN report highlights concerns that plans to expand global aquaculture by 75% could lead to the over-exploitation of wild fish stocks used for feed. Critics argue that grinding up wild fish to feed farmed species is ecologically unsustainable and threatens food security for coastal communities.
Why it matters
The tension between scaling food production to meet global demand and maintaining marine ecosystem health is a critical challenge for international food policy.
Fish farmers remove dead fish at a fish farm in South Korea amid a high water temperature warning off the country’s west coast. Fish farmers remove dead fish at a fish farm in South Korea amid a high water temperature warning off the country’s west coast. Fishing Grinding up fish to feed to fish is ‘absurd’: fears over UN fish farm plan Huge rollout of farms could harm ecosystems and threaten food sources of vulnerable communities, say experts
Prefer the Guardian on Google Nearly half of the world’s wild fish catch will be ground into animal feed for farmed fish if plans to expand aquaculture go ahead, a report has found.
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is aiming to increase aquaculture – where fish are farmed rather than caught in the wild – production by 75% by 2040.
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