Scientists Solve Two Problems at Once—Turning Methane Pollution into Sustainable fishmeal

koi g34dccf833 1920 Scientists Solve Two Problems at Once—Turning Methane Pollution into Sustainable fishmeal

Takeaways:

  • A new study has shown that it’s cheaper and sustainable to make aquaculture feed out of the methane found from industrial waste than from fish forage
  • This methane waste could already supply 14% of the world’s fishmeal demand
  • Methane is a good feed source of bacteria called methanotrophs which eat gas. Combined with other nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus these inputs could be transformed into protein-rich biomass which has a similar nutritional profile to fishmeal […]

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