Study Advocates Eating Wild Fish Over Salmon for Nutrient Efficiency

Eating wild fish like mackerel and anchovies, typically fed to farmed salmon, could offer greater health benefits and help conserve marine resources, a new study finds.

• A new study suggests that consuming wild fish such as mackerel, herring, and anchovies, which are typically fed to farmed salmon, could provide essential nutrients more efficiently than eating salmon itself.
• The research, published in Nature Food, indicates that these wild fish contain higher or similar levels of nutrients compared to farmed salmon, including calcium, iodine, iron, omega-3, vitamin B12, and vitamin A.
• Eating wild 'feed' fish directly could also reduce the demand for finite marine resources, benefiting both human health and the planet.
• Despite the health benefits, current consumption rates of these wild fish are significantly lower than that of salmon, highlighting a gap in dietary habits.
• The study calls for the fishing and aquaculture industries to become more efficient and reduce the burden on fish stocks, suggesting an expansion of the industry without compromising ocean sustainability.

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