Fishmeal and fish oil inputs in Scottish farmed salmon production. (IMAGE)

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Fishmeal and fish oil inputs in Scottish farmed salmon production.

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Panel (b) demonstrates how 2014 production used 33,000 t of fish oil, which required 227,500 t of trimmings and 460,000 t of wild-caught fish. Points and uncertainty bars reflect variation in the composition of trimmings and wild-caught fish in fishmeal and fish oil (FMFO), showing the Scottish salmon estimate (lower), global average (point), and EU average (upper). Salmon production used 55,000 t of the fishmeal produced leaving 99,688 t spare. Full image: https://plos.io/3JxYe3b

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Willer et al., 2022, PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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