Really? I would have thought it would have been offcuts and scrap for the majority of manufacturers. Especially the cheaper brands.
Probably better quality protein in my fish food than the meat pie i had for dinner last night!
Vegan /vegetarian fish food
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Really? I would have thought it would have been offcuts and scrap for the majority of manufacturers. Especially the cheaper brands.
Probably better quality protein in my fish food than the meat pie i had for dinner last night!
That was my guess as well. Considering Omega One made/makes such a big deal that they use "whole" fish, I imagined that it was rather unique in the industry.
Introduction
Fish meal is a brown powder which normally contains a high level of protein and appreciable quantities of lipid and minerals. Of world fish meal production, about 90% is produced from oily species of fish, such as sardine, anchovy, capelin, and menhaden, and less than 10% from white fish offal (frames), such as cod and haddock. Of the annual world catch of fish, about one-third is used as raw material for fish meal production, this being sustainable catches for which there is no direct outlet for human consumption
Feeds for Aquaculture
While all animals need to eat and all farmed animals need to be fed, aquaculture represents a very efficient method by which to convert feed to edible protein. Research at NOAA labs and through the NOAA-USDA Alternative Feeds Initiative has accelerated pr
Where does fishmeal and fish oil come from and what are the uses?
About 70 percent of the fishmeal and oil are produced from the harvest of small, open-ocean (pelagic) fish such as anchovies, herring, menhaden, capelin, anchovy, pilchard, sardines, and mackerel. These fish have short life cycles and are capable of rapid reproduction and stock replenishment. The other 30 percent is generated from the scraps produced when fish are processed for human consumption.
The United States is a small net producer of both fishmeal and fish oil. The largest U.S. fishmeal and oil production comes from menhaden caught in the east coast and Gulf, the second largest component of US production comes from fish processing trimmings produced in Alaska’s seafood industry.
Fishmeal and fish oil supply several major industries because they are natural ingredients of high nutritional value. While they have been major ingredients of swine and poultry feeds for many decades, a growing percentage of these resources have been used to manufacture aquatic feeds. This is due to the worldwide growth of aquaculture over the past two decades. Demand for fish oil in the supplement industry is also rising rapidly.
Well since most of the meat and fish industry also isnt local... and most of all the other industries as well... cars, computers, clothing,furnitures, phones,and alot of others ...in any "advanced country" nowdays alot of the things youll buy will be from somewhere around the world.
And in addition to that, enviromently, meat production is like 100 of times more consuming of all the things that you listed than veggy food sources..80% of deforestation in the world is for making room for agriculture growing of crops that are being fed,not to vegans ,but to cows!(and others) if you will just use these crops to feed humans directly you will save a whole bunch of land, water, waste production, energy,air pollution, and so...
It's now pretty clear in scientific community that the meat industry is the number one accelerator of global warming .. it's also described alot by researchers as a main contributor for world hunger..
Common, I dare you to google it
I think you should eat it, and give your fish what they truly need. Not trying to be a wise ass, but you clearly have no idea what you are doing.
LOL, this isn't like baking a cake. Early on I provided you a link that covers all of your questions & then some. Get the book, study it like the Vegan Bible, and then get back to me. As it now stands, I might as well be discussing this topic with an infant.
Good luck
Good luck
