To feed the world, we need to waste less fish. Here's how

Sep 29, 2022

A worker feeds trout at a fish farm owned by Maltat company on the frozen Yenisei River near the Siberian village of Primorsk in Krasnoyarsk region, Russia, January 3, 2018.

Aquaculture has been the fastest growing food production sector since 2010, with an annual growth of more than 5 percent. It relies on feed that can be made from fish waste Image: REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

Petter Martin Johannessen

Director General, IFFO – The Marine Ingredients Organisation

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Between 30 - 70% of a fish may be wasted post harvest Image: World Resources Institute

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