Almost one-third of the world fish harvest is not used for direct human consumption, but is converted into fish meal or fish oil for further application in animal feed. Therefore, about 25 million tonnes of fish are annually handled and processed in ways other than fresh, frozen, smoked or canned which are eaten (Balios, 2003). The supply of huge volumes of high quality fish meal is necessary to supply the rapid growing aquaculture industry, which is growing with around 10% annually (FAO). The amount of high quality fish meal of the total amount of fish meal is expected to grow from 8 percent to 50 percent during the next 30 years (Hydro Norway, 2000). Read more ...
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This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers
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