Nearly 2 million metric tons of wild fish used to feed Norwegian farmed salmon annually, report finds

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Published Feb 8, 2024

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A report by environmental group Feedback and a coalition of West African and Norwegian organizations reveals that nearly 2 million metric tons of wild fish are harvested annually to feed Norwegian farmed salmon, leading to livelihood loss and malnutrition in West Africa. The Norwegian salmon farming industry's 'feed footprint' equals 2.5% of the global marine fisheries catch. The industry's plan to triple production by 2050 would require over three times as much wild-caught fish as in 2020. Feedback and NGO WildFish are urging British restaurant chain Wagamama, which prides itself on sustainability, to stop serving farmed salmon.

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Nearly 2 million metric tons of wild fish are harvested from the ocean to feed Norwegian farmed salmon every year, according to a report from U.K.- and Netherlands-based environmental campaign group Feedback, as well as a coalition of West African and Norwegian organizations.According to "Blue Empire: How the Norwegian salmon industry extracts nutrition and undermines livelihoods in West Africa," these wild fish are used to produce fish oil for salmon feed, which is contributing to the loss of livelihoods and malnutrition in the West African countries of The Gambia, Senegal, and Mauritania. “Along the West African coast, small-scale fishing is the only means of subsistence for Indigenous communities,” Regional Network of Marine Protected Areas in West Africa (RAMPAO) Executive Secretary Marie Suzanna Traore said. ”The big boats that supply the fishmeal and fish oil industry with fish caught in African waters – to the detriment of these communities – undermine their human ...

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