# Scottish salmon expansion set to strain wild catch fisheries, study suggests - Saving Seafood

> A report from the NGO Feedback says Scotland's plan to double farmed salmon output by 2030 would require about 310,000 extra tonnes of wild-caught fish for fishmeal. The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation says it is reducing fishmeal and fish oil in feed.

- Date: 2019-07-02 · published 2019-07-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58189-scottish-salmon-expansion-set-to-strain-wild-catch-fisheries-study-suggests
- Commodities: [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Projected growth in aquaculture feed demand for fishmeal would tighten supply of wild-catch raw material and support fishmeal prices over the long term.

## Read by commodity

- FISHMEAL: bullish ▲

## Sources

- savingseafood.org: https://www.savingseafood.org/news/international-trade/scottish-salmon-expansion-set-to-strain-wild-catch-fisheries-study-suggests/

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