ReviewProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2009
Feeding aquaculture in an era of finite resources.
Review in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 217 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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217 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- How mariculture expansion is dewilding the ocean and its inhabitants.Science advances · 2024Pooled it
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- Benefits of the microalgae Spirulina and Schizochytrium in fish nutrition: a meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2023Pooled it
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- Aquaculture at the crossroads of global warming and antimicrobial resistance.Nature communications · 2020Pooled it
- The nutritional and cardiovascular health benefits of rapeseed oil-fed farmed salmon in humans are not decreased compared with those of traditionally farmed salmon: a randomized controlled trial.European journal of nutrition · 2021Trial
- Lysine and methionine supplementation ameliorates high inclusion of soybean meal inducing intestinal oxidative injury and digestive and antioxidant capacity decrease of yellow catfish.Fish physiology and biochemistry · 2018Trial
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- Edible Fungi in Functional Aquafeeds: Prebiotic and Immunostimulatory Effects in Commercially Important Farmed Fish.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Review
- Dietary Paeonol Supplementation Alleviates Waterborne Cadmium-Induced Damages in Gut Barrier Function in Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides).Biological trace element research · 2026Article
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- Effects of Different Monomeric Bile Acids in the Diet on the Growth and Lipid Metabolism of Juvenile Pacific White Shrimp.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Dietary Modulation of Gut Microbiota and Metabolome Shapes Growth Performance inAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- No significant change in domestication-admixture during the marine phase of an Atlantic salmon population.Communications biology · 2026Article
- Assessment of low dietary inclusion of nutraceuticals derived from microalgae to enhance intestinal function in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) juveniles.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Compensatory Fatty Acid Metabolism and Hepatic Gene Expression in African Catfish (Aquaculture nutrition · 2026Article
- Isolation an Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile ofVeterinary medicine international · 2026Article
- Dietary responses of taste receptor genes to plant-based diets in farmed fish: A literature review.Open veterinary journal · 2026Review
- Effects of Corn Fermented Protein as a Primary Protein Source on Growth Performance, Feed Utilization Efficiency, Hemolymph Biochemical Parameters, and Physiological and Digestive Gene Expression of Pacific White Shrimp (Aquaculture nutrition · 2026Article
- Integrated Aquaponic Co-Culture of Nile Tilapia and African Catfish: Effects on Plant Yield, Fish Growth, Nutrient Profile, and Heavy Metal Accumulation.Food science & nutrition · 2026Article
157 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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11 authors.
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Abstract
Aquaculture's pressure on forage fisheries remains hotly contested. This article reviews trends in fishmeal and fish oil use in industrial aquafeeds, showing reduced inclusion rates but greater total use associated with increased aquaculture production and demand for fish high in long-chain omega-3 oils. The ratio of wild fisheries inputs to farmed fish output has fallen to 0.63 for the aquaculture sector as a whole but remains as high as 5.0 for Atlantic salmon. Various plant- and animal-based alternatives are now used or available for industrial aquafeeds, depending on relative prices and consumer acceptance, and the outlook for single-cell organisms to replace fish oil is promising. With appropriate economic and regulatory incentives, the transition toward alternative feedstuffs could accelerate, paving the way for a consensus that aquaculture is aiding the ocean, not depleting it.
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