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Grinding up fish to feed to fish is ‘absurd’: fears over UN fish farm plan

Huge rollout of farms could harm ecosystems and threaten food sources of vulnerable communities, say experts Nearly half of the world’s wild fish catch will be ground into animal feed for farmed fish if plans to expand aquaculture go ahead, a report has found. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is aiming to increase aquaculture – where fish are farmed rather than caught in the wild – production by 75% by 2040. Continue reading...

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