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Why farmed fish need more veggies in their diet: Carnivorous fish are coaxed into accepting more plants in their daily diets
Consumer demand for sustainable farmed seafood is growing, but the food supply for the salmon in the pens is running thin – there are simply not enough fish in the sea. “Historically, fishmeal [ground-up wild fish] has been a relatively inexpensive and highly nutritious [fish food] source,” says Ian Forster, an aquatic animal nutrition scientist for Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Read more@cbcnews 13:34