How much of this was farmed seafood? I have a friend right now who is planning on opening fish farms because he feels it will have less of an environmental impact.
I don't get why black soldier fly larvae isn't more common and popular as animal feed. BSF larvae have numerous advantages, including eating their weight in organic matter very quickly, and being a good mix of fat and protein for growing out farmed animals.
The adult flies also have no mouth parts, and do not hang around people or spread diseases as a result.
spiffydave|4 years ago
However, they feed farmed fish wild fish apparently. Takes 5 lbs. of wild fish to grow 1 lb. of farmed fish.
Hmmm... doesn't sound sustainable.
https://www.livescience.com/5682-milestone-50-percent-fish-f...
jakogut|4 years ago
The adult flies also have no mouth parts, and do not hang around people or spread diseases as a result.
martinpw|4 years ago
Overall the article says it takes 20 million tons of wild fish to feed 51.7 million tons of farmed fish. Which is still a significant amount.