Pacific Northwest Heat Wave Killed More Than One Billion Sea Creatures

Re:Pacific Northwest Heat Wave Killed More Than One Billion ... by spiffydave on Sunday July 18, 2021 @12:48PM (#27874402)

Looks like farmed fish is 50%.

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...

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Re:Pacific Northwest Heat Wave Killed More Than One Billion ... by jakogut on Sunday July 18, 2021 @12:58PM (#27874478)

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.

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Re:Pacific Northwest Heat Wave Killed More Than One Billion ... by martinpw on Sunday July 18, 2021 @01:18PM (#27874641)

Your link refers specifically to salmon for the 5:1 ratio.

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.

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Re:Pacific Northwest Heat Wave Killed More Than One Billion ... by spiffydave on Sunday July 18, 2021 @04:36PM (#27876456)

Thank you for clarifying. Appreciated.

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