Fisheries and the right to food 2012, para. 37

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Paragraph text: The relationship between fishmeal and fish-food availability for human consumption is complex: the aquaculture industry has become more efficient in its use of fishmeal (for example, the use of plant-based feed to grow fish or a greater use of fish waste from industrial fish-processing factories: about one quarter of all fishmeal and fish oil comes from offcuts), significant regional variations exist and trade-offs may appear less obvious because of the higher costs in processing fish for human consumption compared to processing fish for fishmeal. Policy initiatives may reduce the competition between fishmeal and fish-food availability for human consumption. Peru supplies about half of the world's fishmeal and fish oil, but also needs to address food insecurity. To combat malnutrition, the Government has been promoting direct human consumption of fish since 2006, with 30 per cent of the food security budget ($80 million) spent on programmes to stimulate supply of and demand for fish products for human consumption. It has also imposed restrictions on the industry to ensure a proportion of fish that cannot be used for reduction purposes.

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