# Secrecy over 'unnatural' plan to feed chicken to farmed salmon

> Three of Scotland's four large salmon farming companies have not ruled out feeding chicken-derived proteins to farmed salmon, while Cooke Aquaculture said it has no current plans to do so. The UK Animal and Plant Health Agency declined to say whether it has received applications for such feed. The plan, first reported by the Financial Times in October, is reportedly driven by poultry byproducts being much cheaper than the wild fish currently used.

- Date: 2026-11-12 · published 2026-11-12T09:06:36.224Z
- Category: market · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/95228-secrecy-over-unnatural-plan-to-feed-chicken-to-farmed-salmon
- Commodities: [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

If salmon feed shifts toward poultry byproducts, demand for fishmeal could weaken and poultry byproduct demand could rise. The change would also carry consumer and supermarket risks that could limit its scale.

## Read by commodity

- FISHMEAL: bearish ▼

## Sources

- theferret.scot: https://www.theferret.scot/plan-feed-chicken-farmed-salmon/

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