# Investigation on fishmeal industry reveals hidden costs - Global Reporting Centre

> A Global Reporting Program investigation with NBC News examined the fishmeal supply chain from Latin America to West Africa and China. It reports that about a quarter of fish caught at sea goes to fishmeal factories and highlights ocean pollution and coastal community opposition.

- Date: 2019-11-21 · published 2019-11-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56165-investigation-on-fishmeal-industry-reveals-hidden-costs-global-reporting-centre
- Commodities: [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

The investigation raises sustainability and regulatory scrutiny of fishmeal, a possible longer-term constraint on supply, but it does not itself move near-term prices.

## Read by commodity

- FISHMEAL: neutral

## Sources

- globalreportingcentre.org: https://globalreportingcentre.org/updates/investigation-on-fishmeal-industry-reveals-hidden-costs-to-fishing-the-oceans-for-fish-farms/

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