(The following letter to the editor was sent to IntraFish by Andrew Mallison, director general of IFFO The Marine Ingredients Organisation.)

In response to the letter from Scott Nichols posted on your website on Feb. 23, there is indeed a huge potential for the aquaculture industry to contribute to global food security, and an adequate supply of high quality, responsibly sourced feed ingredients is a vital part of this future.

However, it would be untrue and unfair to characterize marine-origin feed ingredients as being an obstacle to growth.