Unlike most figures flying about in the industry, in reality, only a maximum 1.4 kg of whole fish are used in fishmeal to produce 1 kg of farmed salmon, according to Andrew Mallison, director general of International Fishmeal & Fishoil Organisation (IFFO).
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In terms of the ratio of whole fish used in all feeds, this figure falls even further to 0.3 kg for every 1 kg of farmed fish produced, Mallison added.
Global fish meal production is up 16 percent while fish oil production is up 12 percent year on year, but there has been a shift in where it is going.
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