# Fishmeal production for salmon feed is helping empty the sea of wild fish

> An investigative feature reports that fish once eaten by coastal communities are now being processed into fishmeal for farmed salmon. It describes the plant-level impacts, including odours in coastal areas, and challenges the aquaculture industry's claim that salmon farming relieves pressure on wild fisheries.

- Date: 2026-11-02 · published 2026-11-02T19:37:27.089Z
- Category: market · region Chile · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/75657-fishmeal-production-for-salmon-feed-is-helping-empty-the-sea-of-wild-fish
- Commodities: [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

The story highlights structural pressure on wild-caught fish supply used for fishmeal, which supports firm fishmeal prices, but it contains no new supply or price event.

## Read by commodity

- FISHMEAL: neutral

## Sources

- eldesconcierto.cl: https://eldesconcierto.cl/medio-ambiente/produccion-harina-pescado-alimentar-salmones-esta-ayudando-vaciar-el-mar-peces-silvestres-n5463654

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