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Interactive / Website
Mar 26 - 2025
EN Africa

The Future of Sustainable Freshwater Aquaculture

Compassion in World Farming

A lively and explorative webinar about how sustainable freshwater aquaculture can increase food security in Africa. Expert speakers discuss the role aquaculture can play in food security across the whole continent. They considered the need to ensure that its growth must not come at the expense of sustainability and animal welfare.

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Hunger / Nutrition
Investigative Journalism
Sept 27 - 2022
EN Africa

How Senegalese Fish End Up in Factory Farms-a comparison of methods for detection and quantification

Sentient

Exploiting wild fisheries for animal feed disturbs marine ecosystems, drives food insecurity and supplies an industry responsible for massive environmental pollution. By Aïda Grovestins, Richa Syal, and Sophie Kevany
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Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Hunger / Nutrition
News
May 15 - 2025
EN Global

New study maps the fishmeal factories that supply the world’s fish farms

Mongabay

In April, scientists published the first-ever open-source map of fishmeal and fish oil factories around the world. Fishmeal and fish oil production is controversial because it can incentivize the overexploitation of ocean ecosystems, depleting marine food webs, and negatively impact coastal communities that rely on fish for nutrition and livelihoods. 

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Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Hunger / Nutrition
Opinion
Jan 31 - 2023
EN Africa

Intensive Farming of Carnivorous Fish Relying on West Africa Fishmeal Must Be Stopped

CFFA

FAO’s vision for aquaculture is clearly presented in its “Blue Transformation roadmap”: the objective is the “intensification and expansion of sustainable aquaculture,” so that it “continues to meet the global demand for aquatic foods.” The FAO Guidelines should include the considerations of those stakeholders that are currently facing the negative impacts of unsustainable aquaculture, and are looking at alternative models of small-scale aquaculture. The GSA, instead of feeding over-optimism, would benefit from openly addressing the points of contention which were the reason of drafting the guidelines in the first place.
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Hunger / Nutrition / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / FAO Committee on Fisheries
Investigative Journalism
Mar 01 - 2021
EN Africa

Fish Farming Is Feeding the Globe. What's the Cost for Locals?

The New Yorker

In the small coastal country, an exploding industry has led to big economic promises, and a steep environmental price. By Ian Urbina
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Hunger / Nutrition / IUUs (illegal unreported and unregulated) / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Tilapia
Research
Jul 25 - 2019
EN Global

Pathways to Sustainable Land-Use and Food Systems

FABLE Consortium

The Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land-Use, and Energy (FABLE) Consortium is a collaborative initiative, operating as part of the Food and Land-Use coalition, to understand how countries can transition towards sustainable land-use and food systems. This first report was written collectively by members of the FABLE Consortium to outline initial findings. These include a shared approach towards framing and analyzing integrated strategies for land-use and food systems, an initial set of global targets to be achieved by midcentury, as well as preliminary country pathways for achieving these targets.
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Climate change / Biodiversity loss / Hunger / Nutrition / Legislation
Investigative Journalism
Oct 16 - 2024
EN Global

Why farming fish is more unsustainable than catching them in the wild

New Scientist

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Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Hunger / Nutrition / Salmon
Investigative Journalism
Nov 12 - 2024
EN Global

Is Aquaculture Really Saving Fish?

American Council on Science and Health

Aquaculture, the golden child of industrial food production, promises to feed the masses while saving wild fish. While farmed fish production has skyrocketed, its efficiency can’t hide the fact that wild stocks are still overfished, and ecosystems are paying the price. Does aquaculture rescue wild fish populations – or put them at greater risk? By Chuck Dinerstein
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Biodiversity loss / Antibiotics / Hunger / Nutrition / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Salmon
Opinion
Feb 22 - 2022
EN Africa

When people are starving, footage of fresh fish used for fishmeal is disturbing

Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements

Since 2015, the Mauritanian authorities, through successive rulings and circular letters, have been promoting the use of small pelagic fish for human consumption, and trying to reduce the quantities that are being processed into meal and oil. By Beatrice Gorez

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Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Hunger / Nutrition / Value chain / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Legislation
Investigative Journalism
Dec 10 - 2024
EN Global

The Pushback Against Aquaculture

GRAIN

Fishing communities are leading a global fight to stop the industrial farming of shrimp and fish. They say these farms are toxic for their territories and that the world's food needs can be better met by revitalising wild fisheries and small scale, sustainable aquaculture systems. But they are up against powerful opponents. Industrial aquaculture is a US$300 billion business controlled by large multinational corporations and powerful local businessmen. With the support of governments, they are moving aggressively to not only keep their farms afloat, but to expand production to new territories.

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Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Small-scale fishers / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Hunger / Nutrition / Labor
Paywall on this site
News
Nov 22 - 2022
EN North America

Washington ban makes entire US West Coast off-limits for net-pen finfish aquaculture

Seafood Source

An executive order issued by the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on 18 November, 2022, will prohibit any net-pen aquaculture on state-owned aquatic lands. The move came in response to the 2017 collapse of a net-pen farm operated by Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada-based Cooke Aquaculture that led to the escape of hundreds of thousands of Atlantic salmon. It does not apply to hatcheries that have an environmental restoration mission or that boost native stocks.
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Legislation / Marine fauna / Hunger / Nutrition / Labor / Small-scale fishers / Salmon
Research
Oct 16 - 2024
EN Global

A review of the global use of fishmeal and fish oil and the Fish In:Fish Out metric

Science Advances

Aquacultured carnivorous species consume most of the world’s fishmeal and fish oil (FMFO), which itself is primarily derived from small pelagic fish. This has raised concerns about the practice’s impact on wild fish stocks, ecosystems, and coastal communities that rely on these fish. The aquaculture industry claims a decreasing dependence on wild fish, relying on the Fish In:Fish Out (FIFO) metric as a ratio of the quantity of wild fish required for farmed fish production. This is misleading because it usually assumes constant FM or FO yields, inclusion rates and feed conversion ratios, which vary widely. Thus, a constant FIFO value for a given species cannot be assumed. Furthermore, low FIFO values resulting from averaging carnivores and herbivores conceal the high feed requirements of carnivore species. The increasing use of FMFO from by-products does not demonstrate a decreased use of wild fish but rather reflects a growing demand for FMFO, particularly for the fast growing and valuable salmon and shrimp farming industries. By Patricia Majluf, Kathryn Matthews, Daniel Pauly, Daniel J. Skerritt, Maria Lourdes D. Palomares
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Biodiversity loss / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Hunger / Nutrition / Salmon / Shrimp
Research
May 22 - 2025
EN Africa

Revealed: UK Supermarket Seabass Linked to Devastating Overfishing in Senegal

DeSmog

Waitrose, Co-op, Lidl, Asda and Aldi among retailers selling fish fed on west African catch. This piece from DeSmog, co-published with The Guardian, comes after a two-year investigation spanning three countries, exposing the connection between these factories and food insecurity and unemployment in west Africa.
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Hunger / Nutrition / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Sea Bass / Sea Bream / Certification schemes
Investigative Journalism
Aug 24 - 2020
EN Global

Taking the Fish Out of Fish Feed

Hakai Magazine

Feeding wild fish to farmed fish is threatening marine ecosystems. Researchers and entrepreneurs believe they’ve found solutions.
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Hunger / Nutrition / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Omega-3s / Insects / Bivalves / Low trophic-level fish / Plant-based (e.g. seaweed or kelp)
Research
Jun 03 - 2013
EN Global

Securing the Livelihoods and Nutritional Needs of Fish-Dependent Communities

Rockefeller Foundation

Starting in June 2012, the Rockefeller Foundation began investigating the pressing problem of the declining health of the oceans due to climate change, overfishing, pollution and habitat destruction, and the effects of this decline on poor and vulnerable people who depend on marine ecosystems for food and livelihoods. The goal was to better understand the nature of the problem and the potential impact of interventions in the fields of fisheries, aquaculture, poverty, and food security.
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Biodiversity loss / Omega-3s / Hunger / Nutrition / Investment and subsidies / Labor / Small-scale fishers / Certification schemes / UN: FAO Committee on Fisheries
Interactive / Website
Oct 01 - 2024
EN, FR Global

PinkBombs!

Seastemik & Data For Good

PinkBombs is the result of a collaboration between two non-profit organizations, Seastemik and DataforGood. PinkBombs is here to: -Alert about one of the biggest threats to the Ocean today: salmon farming. -Deconstruct the distorted popular perception around salmon consumption. -Guide companies, States and consumers towards positive solutions.
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Inorganic waste (e.g. plastics) / Parasites (e.g. sea lice) / Climate change / Animal Ethics / Omega-3s / Antibiotics / Hunger / Nutrition / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Salmon
Research
Jun 01 - 2021
EN Africa, Europe

Feeding a Monster

Greenpeace

How European aquaculture and animalfeed industries are stealing food from West African communities.
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Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Hunger / Nutrition / Investment and subsidies / Value chain / Labor / Tourism / Regulatory / Salmon / Small-scale fishers
Research
Feb 01 - 2024
EN Europe, Africa

Blue Empire

Feedback

This report exposes how the expansion of the Norwegian salmon farming industry has come at the expense of communities and fish populations in the Global South. While salmon producers tout their sustainability credentials, the industry’s inefficient and wasteful use of finite natural resources is driving the loss of livelihoods and exacerbating malnutrition in nations including The Gambia, Senegal and Mauritania. We argue that the Norwegian salmon industry is not so much leading a ‘blue revolution’ as establishing a ‘blue empire’.
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Biodiversity loss / Omega-3s / Hunger / Nutrition / Investment and subsidies / Labor / Small-scale fishers / Value chain / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Certification schemes / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Legislation / Salmon / Krill
Research
Jan 01 - 2022
EN Africa

Socio-Economic and Biological Impacts of the Fish-Based Feed Industry for Sub-Saharan Africa

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

The feed industry serving farmed fish creates a strain on sub-Saharan Africa wild fish stock and the people of the region, refuting the argument that carnivorous fish farming will be the answer to feeding a growing world population.The study identifies a range of actions the fish feed industry can take to minimize the economic, environmental, and health impacts created by this industry.
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Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Biodiversity loss / Hunger / Nutrition / Value chain / Labor / Small-scale fishers / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Legislation / Plant-based (e.g. seaweed or kelp) / Shrimp / Krill
Investigative Journalism
Jan 31 - 2024
EN Global

The Hidden Costs of Your Supermarket Salmon

Financial Times

Fish sold by major retailers in Europe is harming food security in west Africa
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Biodiversity loss / Investment and subsidies / IUUs (illegal unreported and unregulated) / Small-scale fishers / Labor / Omega-3s / Hunger / Nutrition / Value chain / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Legislation / Salmon
Paywall on this site
News
Jun 07 - 2024
EN Global

Global farmed fish production overtakes wild catch for first time

Financial Times

UN agency says aquaculture boom will boost food security but critics say it harms fragile marine ecosystems.
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Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Biodiversity loss / Pesticides / Antibiotics / Hunger / Nutrition / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / UN: FAO Committee on Fisheries / Salmon / Sea Bass / Sea Bream
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