A Cursory Look at the Fishmeal/Oil Industry From an Ecosystem Perspective

By supporting the fishmeal industry, are we competing with marine predators? Should be taking away food from predators to subsidize agriculture? If not for human consumption, should forage fish left in sea Are there more sustainable alternatives fishmeal; can fishing industry part of developing these? These all pressing questions being posed by scientists, particularly light increasing aquaculture and associated demand recent decades oil sustain cultured fish. We concisely summarize global context sourced then use South African ecosystem as a working example. This article draws on research into trophic role ecosystems ponders whether reduced fishmeal, given pressures such climate change, could benefit ecosystems, fisheries predatory species, vulnerable predators.