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Taking fish out of fish feed can make aquaculture a more sustainable food source

  • Written by Pallab Sarker, Associate Research Professor of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
Taking fish out of fish feed can make aquaculture a more sustainable food sourceFarmed red tilapia, Thai Mueang, Thailand.Kittichai Boonpong / EyeEm via Getty Images

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Aquaculture, or fish farming, is the world’s fastest-growing food production sector. But the key ingredients in commercial fish feed – fishmeal and fish oil – come...

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