{"id":212662,"date":"2025-04-29T01:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T06:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/global-map-of-fishmeal-and-fish-oil-factories-exposes-industrys-footprint"},"modified":"2025-04-29T01:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T06:03:12","slug":"global-map-of-fishmeal-and-fish-oil-factories-exposes-industrys-footprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/global-map-of-fishmeal-and-fish-oil-factories-exposes-industrys-footprint","title":{"rendered":"Global map of fishmeal and fish oil factories exposes industry\u2019s footprint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/global-map-of-fishmeal-and-fish-oil-factories-exposes-industrys-footprint2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Around the world, millions of tons of small fish are processed into fishmeal and fish oil (FMFO) each year\u2014key ingredients in aquaculture that help farmed fish, like salmon, grow. A new University of British Columbia (UBC) study has revealed the global distribution of FMFO factories for the first time, shedding light on a critical area of the aquaculture supply chain, identifying where these ingredients are being produced, and who controls the industry\u2019s footprint.<\/p>\n<p>Published in <i>Science Advances<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.adr6921\" target=\"_blank\">the study<\/a> delivers the first-ever <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/open-source\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">open-source<\/a> global map of FMFO factories\u2014506 in total, spread across 63 countries, with Peru, Mauritania, and Chile hosting the highest numbers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProduction of fishmeal is a major issue in aquaculture. Understanding where FMFO production occurs is essential for addressing its environmental, social, and economic impacts,\u201d said lead author Lauren Shea, who conducted this research while a master\u2019s student at UBC\u2019s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries. \u201cKnowing that, along with what species are being used and how it affects local environments and economies, can support the development of more transparent and responsible aquaculture practices.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around the world, millions of tons of small fish are processed into fishmeal and fish oil (FMFO) each year\u2014key ingredients in aquaculture that help farmed fish, like salmon, grow. A new University of British Columbia (UBC) study has revealed the global distribution of FMFO factories for the first time, shedding light on a critical area [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":732,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/732"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}