45% of wild-caught fish could be fed to farmed fish and shrimp by 2040, says report

Mongabay
Sep 21, 2026, 12:44 pm87 ptsTrending
ROME — Nearly half of the wild-caught fish harvested globally could be used to produce feed for farmed aquaculture products by 2040 if the industry were to grow exponentially in line with a roadmap developed by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), according to a report published Sept. 4. The…

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