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ArticleNature food2024

Wild fish consumption can balance nutrient retention in farmed fish.

David F Willer, Richard Newton, Wesley Malcorps, Bjorn Kok, David Little, Anneli Lofstedt, Baukje de Roos, James P W Robinson

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Article in Nature food, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Global nutritional equity of fishmeal and aquaculture trade flows.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  4. Towards whole life-stage naked clam aquaculture: integrating settlement, growth, and nutrition ofAquaculture international : journal of the European Aquaculture Society · 2026
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  9. Climate change amplifies neurotoxic methylmercury threat to Asian fish consumers.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  11. Feeding global aquaculture.Science advances · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

David F WillerDepartment of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. dw460@cam.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-9010-8503
Richard NewtonInstitute of Aquaculture, Faculty of Natural Science, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1481-995X
Wesley MalcorpsInstitute of Aquaculture, Faculty of Natural Science, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5651-0881
Bjorn KokInstitute of Aquaculture, Faculty of Natural Science, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7211-1442
David LittleInstitute of Aquaculture, Faculty of Natural Science, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6095-3191
Anneli LofstedtThe Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
Baukje de RoosThe Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2750-3914
James P W RobinsonLancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7614-1112

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wild fish used as aquafeeds could be redirected towards human consumption to support sustainable marine resource use. Here we use mass-balance fish-in/fish-out ratio approaches to assess nutrient retention in salmon farming and identify scenarios that provide more nutrient-rich food to people. Using data on Norway's salmon farms, our study revealed that six of nine dietary nutrients had higher yields in wild fish used for feeds, such as anchovies and mackerel, than in farmed salmon production. Reallocating one-third of food-grade wild feed fish towards direct human consumption would increase seafood production, while also retaining by-products for use as aquafeeds, thus maximizing nutrient utilization of marine resources.

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Fish OilsPerciformesAnimalsFishesHumansNutrientsSalmonSeafoodFish OilsNutrients

Identifiers

PMID38509235
PMCPMC10963266

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