Reduction fisheries are fisheries that "reduce," or process their catch, into fishmeal and fish oil. They rely largely on small and medium-sized pelagic species; that is, fish found in the upper layers of the open sea, such as
menhaden
Menhaden, also known as mossbunker, bunker, and "the most important fish in the sea", are forage fish of the genera ''Brevoortia'' and ''Ethmidium'', two genera of marine fish in the order Clupeiformes. ''Menhaden'' is a blend of ''poghaden'' ...
,
anchovies, and
sardines.
External links
On the relationship between aquaculture and reduction fisheries, Frank Asche and Sigbjørn Tveterås , Center for Fisheries Economics, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
Fish processing
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