“Fishing-aquaculture substitution and aquafeeds ” by MichaelStJules

Key takeaways Various fishing-related interventions and aquafeed-related interventions (e.g. supporting fishmeal substitutes) can have important effects on animal agriculture, and there are potentially important tradeoffs to consider. I graph the relationships between various foods and feeds, and provide background on them. Focusing on the impacts on farmed animals, the most important takeaways are probably the following: Increasing the catch of wild aquatic animals for feed, increasing the utilization of aquatic animal byproducts for feed, increasing/improving non-animal fishmeal substitutes or pushing for lower fishmeal requirements (promoting herbivorous species, R&D to reduce fishmeal inclusion rates) per farmed aquatic animal is likely to increase aquaculture (Costello et al., 2020, Section 4, Figure S2 and Tables S13–S16; Kobayashi et al., 2015, Table 3 /  World Bank, 2013, Table E.2; Bairagi et al., 2015, Table 1 / Bairagi, 2015), including shrimp aquaculture in particular, as they are major fishmeal-consuming species. is likely to decrease insect farming [...] ---Outline:(00:05) Key takeaways(03:47) Acknowledgements(04:02) Relationships between products(07:41) Animals as feed(08:09) Fishmeal, fish oil and substitutes(15:57) Larviculture feeds(17:46) Wild catch vs aquacultureThe original text contained 7 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: June 3rd, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/3iXKTF4n2GRhxADyb/fishing-aquaculture-substitution-and-aquafeeds --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.