# The Aquaculturists: The crucial future of fishmeal

> IFFO technical director Neil Auchterlonie writes that fishmeal supply is finite at about five million tonnes a year, with fish oil just under one million. He argues that growth in aquafeed will need novel ingredients rather than more fishmeal, while fishmeal and fish oil remain the foundation of feeds.

- Date: 2018-11-14 · published 2018-11-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62141-the-aquaculturists-the-crucial-future-of-fishmeal
- Commodities: [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

A fixed fishmeal supply against rising aquafeed demand supports the case for firm fishmeal prices over the long run, and pushes feed formulators toward substitute proteins. This is an opinion piece rather than a new market event.

## Read by commodity

- FISHMEAL: bullish ▲

## Sources

- theaquaculturists.blogspot.com: http://theaquaculturists.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-crucial-future-of-fishmeal.html

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