A cursory look at the fishmeal/oil industry from an ecosystem perspective

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dc.contributor.authorShannon, Lynne
dc.contributor.authorWaller, Lauren
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-09T10:18:57Z
dc.date.available2022-06-09T10:18:57Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractBy supporting the fishmeal industry, are we competing with marine predators? Should we be taking away food from marine predators to subsidize agriculture? If not for human consumption, should forage fish be left in the sea for predators? Are there more sustainable alternatives to fishmeal; can the fishing industry be part of developing these? These are all pressing questions being posed by marine scientists, particularly in the light of the increasing aquaculture industry and associated increasing demand in recent decades for fishmeal and oil to sustain cultured fish. We concisely summarize the global context of marine sourced fishmeal and then use the South African marine ecosystem as a working example. This article draws on research into the trophic role of forage fish in marine ecosystems and ponders whether a reduced demand for fishmeal, given increasing global pressures such as climate change, could benefit marine ecosystems, fisheries on predatory species, and vulnerable marine predators.en_US
dc.identifier.citationShannon, L., & Waller, L. (2021). A cursory look at the fishmeal/oil industry from an ecosystem perspective. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 645023. 10.3389/fevo.2021.645023en_US
dc.identifier.issn2296-701X
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.645023
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/7505
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFrontiers Mediaen_US
dc.subjectFishmealen_US
dc.subjectEcosystemen_US
dc.subjectForage fishen_US
dc.subjectAnchovyen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleA cursory look at the fishmeal/oil industry from an ecosystem perspectiveen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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