Questions everyone should ask

Doesn't farming carnivorous fish use more wild fish than it makes?

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The concern

The most honest question — so we meet it head-on. Feed conversion is real.

What the science says

The industry is actively breaking the wild-fish-in cycle with alternative feeds: algae, soy, and protein from the roughly 165,000 tons of fish scraps processed in SoCal yearly.

The evidence

~165,000 tonsof fish scraps processed in Southern California every year — a source of protein for feed

HSWRI · Live algae feed cultures

Sources

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What's still open

We name this openly because solving it is the point.

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