{"id":40365,"date":"2024-10-16T14:04:17","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T18:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oceana.org\/?post_type=press-releases&p=40365"},"modified":"2024-10-16T14:10:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T18:10:04","slug":"global-norths-growing-appetite-for-farmed-salmon-imperils-communities-access-to-local-fish","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/oceana.org\/press-releases\/global-norths-growing-appetite-for-farmed-salmon-imperils-communities-access-to-local-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"Global North\u2019s Growing Appetite for Farmed Salmon Imperils Communities\u2019 Access to Local Fish"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A new paper published today<\/a> in Science Advances exposes the global aquaculture sector\u2019s growing dependence on wild fish. Despite industry claims to the contrary, these findings highlight how the growing appetite for expensive farmed salmon can leave coastal communities struggling to access affordable local fish like sardines and anchovies. Instead, these small pelagic fish are frequently caught, processed, and \u201creduced\u201d to fishmeal and fish oil, almost all of which is used to feed farmed fish. These \u2018reduction fisheries\u2019 account for 26% of global ocean catch.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs the aquaculture industry grows, so does its dependence on wild fish,\u201d said Dr. Kathryn Matthews<\/strong>, Oceana Chief Scientist and one of the authors of the paper. \u201cThe continued rapid expansion of the sector will demand ever more fishmeal and fish oil, even as its use in feed becomes more efficient.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The authors, which also include Dr. Patricia Majluf<\/strong>, Associate Professor with the Center for Environmental Sustainability at the Cayetano Heredia University and former Oceana Vice President in Peru; Dr. Daniel Pauly<\/strong>, Oceana Board Member, fisheries scientist, and principal investigator at Sea Around Us<\/a>; Dr. Daniel Skerritt<\/strong>, Oceana Senior Analyst; and Dr. Maria Lourdes D. Palomare<\/strong>s, Senior Scientist and Research Unit Manager at Sea Around Us, debunk the industry\u2019s use of the \u201cFish-in-Fish-out\u201d (FIFO) ratio \u2014 the standard metric used to quantify how much wild fish is used to produce farmed fish. The FIFO ratio is often used as an indicator of the impact of aquaculture on wild fish stocks.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the paper, the authors showcase several misleading practices about the FIFO ratio, such as averaging fishmeal and fish oil inputs of carnivores and herbivores together to conceal the high feed requirements of carnivorous species. This lowers the FIFO ratio, reaffirming the aquaculture industry\u2019s claim that its dependence on fish oil and fishmeal is decreasing. But fish oil, especially, is a limited commodity that is increasingly in demand by salmon farms, which now supply 70% of all salmon consumed worldwide. In 2020, farmed Atlantic salmon alone accounted for 60% of fish oil usage, the authors calculated.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe salmon industry is a not a food production system \u2014 it\u2019s a food reduction <\/em>system. It benefits the few who can afford it but reduces access to nutritious fish for those who need it the most,\u201d said Dr. Matthews.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, processing plants in West Africa are exploiting vast amounts of small pelagic, highly nutritious fish, mostly sardinella, to produce fishmeal and fish oil for export. \u201cThis is an equity issue \u2014 it puts local fishmongers at an unfair disadvantage because they cannot compete with the prices the plants are willing to pay for this global commodity,\u201d Dr. Skerritt said.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, the authors note the turbulent future ahead for fishmeal and fish oil production. Climate change is impacting fish populations around the world, including the main source of fishmeal and fish oil \u2014 the Peruvian anchoveta. Like many others, this species in warmer waters contains less fish oil. Moreover, continued poor management of these fisheries allows for ever higher catches of juveniles, which also contain less oil.  \u201cCombined, these factors are driving feed manufacturers to look elsewhere for additional oil, including in fisheries which typically provide fish for direct human consumption, like mackerel,\u201d said Dr. Majluf.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For these reasons, the authors urge the industry to operationalize substitutes for fishmeal and especially fish oil in aquaculture fish feeds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This paper is part of a special issue<\/a> of Science Advances dedicated to aquaculture, which also includes an analysis<\/a> about the need for greater transparency in aquaculture subsidy reporting by Dr. Rashid Sumaila, an Oceana Board Member and fisheries economist.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Oceana: <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oceana is the largest international advocacy organization dedicated solely to ocean conservation. Oceana is rebuilding abundant and biodiverse oceans by winning science-based policies in countries that control one-quarter of the world\u2019s wild fish catch. With more than 300 victories that stop overfishing, habitat destruction, oil and plastic pollution, and the killing of threatened species like turtles, whales, and sharks, Oceana\u2019s campaigns are delivering results. A restored ocean means that 1 billion people can enjoy a healthy seafood meal every day, forever. Together, we can save the oceans and help feed the world. 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