# The economics of making fish feed with ‘stranded’ methane - Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

> A Stanford study finds that making fishmeal from captured methane via bacteria can cost less than conventional fishmeal in some US cases. The research, published in Nature Sustainability, highlights cost reductions that could scale the approach.

- Date: 2021-11-22 · published 2021-11-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44152-the-economics-of-making-fish-feed-with-stranded-methane-stanford-doerr-school
- Commodities: [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

A viable methane-based protein could add future fishmeal supply, but the technology is not yet commercial and has no near-term price effect.

## Read by commodity

- FISHMEAL: bearish ▼

## Sources

- sustainability.stanford.edu: https://sustainability.stanford.edu/news/economics-making-fish-feed-stranded-methane/

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