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Socio-Economic and Biological Impacts of the Fish-Based Feed Industry for Sub-Saharan Africa
Research
January 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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Hunger / Nutrition / Value chain / Labor / Small-scale fishers / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Plant-based (e.g. seaweed or kelp) / Shrimp / Krill
The Factories Turning West Africa’s Fish Into Powder
Investigative Journalism
March 23 - 2021
EN Africa, Asia

The Factories Turning West Africa’s Fish Into Powder

BBC

Chinese-run factories are turning huge amounts of The Gambia’s fish stocks into fishmeal for aquaculture. But are they taking too much, too quickly. By Ian Urbina
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Inorganic waste (e.g. plastics) / Infrastructure (Cages or processing plants) / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Chemicals (e.g. Formaldehyde) / Hunger / Nutrition / Investment and subsidies / Labor / Small-scale fishers / Tourism / IUUs (illegal unreported and unregulated) / Value chain / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / UN: FAO Committee on Fisheries / Salmon
Fish Farming Is Feeding the Globe. What's the Cost for Locals?
Investigative Journalism
March 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 / Chemicals (e.g. Formaldehyde)

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