fishmeal
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈfɪʃˌmiːl/
- Specialized
:
harina de pescado
- Many aquaculture companies rely on fishmeal as a primary protein source in their fish feed.
- fishmeal for animal feed
- fishmeal industry
- fishmeal and oil
Examples
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In the early 1990s, vegetarian fish farms began adding small amounts of fishmeal to their feed to increase yields.
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High-protein ingredients, such as fishmeal, are expensive because supplies are limited and in demand for other animal feeds.
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One way to reduce the feed conversion ratio is to reduce the amount of fishmeal in feed.
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In contrast, reducing fishmeal use by 4 percent would have very little environmental impact, they said.
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We mixed our brown rice with fishmeal.
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The authors suggest that governments encourage farmers to use less fishmeal and raise more vegetarian fish.
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Some competitors, such as Chile, with its huge fishmeal industry, have lower cost structures than Norway.
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The use of fishmeal as fertilizer in agriculture or as food for livestock and in aquaculture should be abandoned.
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In 1970, Peru's lucrative fishmeal industry accounted for $350 million worth of exports.
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Estimates in 2000 show that upward of 2.4 kilograms of wild fish processed into fishmeal and fish oil were required on average to produce one kilogram of farmed salmon.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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3.5
A ground, dried fish product used as fertilizer or animal feed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word fishmeal is simply fish + meal, and meal here means 'ground grain' as in oatmeal, so it's like fish turned into a powder. That's why fishmeal now means a protein-rich powder made from ground fish used for animal feed or fertilizer.