Study: Reducing fishmeal hinders fish growth

2012-05-09T16:08:00

Cobia harvested from a fish farm. Credit: NOAA

A new study by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) has shown that raising farmed fish on a diet incorporating less than the usual amount of fishmeal may be cheaper, but the fish were less healthy.

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