MarinTrust emailed IFFO with questions from The Outlaw Ocean Project that specifically pertained to IFFO:
- The IFFO says on its website that between 2000 and 2020, the proportion of fishmeal in aquaculture feed at fish farms globally decreased from 23 percent to eight percent. However, the total amount of global fishmeal production is predicted to rise by nearly 10 percent between 2022 and 2032, according to the FAO. Furthermore the net global consumption and demand for fishmeal and fish oil are predicted to increase even as individual companies decrease their reliance because of an exp…
I am following up on your correspondence with MarinTrust and have enclosed the answers from IFFO – The Marine Ingredients Organisation. Do let me know if you have any additional questions.
The email contained an attachment with the following responses to The Outlaw Ocean Project's questions:
2nd January 2026 Ongoing investigation into the global fishmeal and fish oil industry by Outlaw Ocean (OO)
OO: The IFFO says on its website that between 2000 and 2020, the proportion of fishmeal in aquaculture feed at fish farms globally decreased from 23 percent to eight percent. However, the total a…
Thank you very much for your email dated January 2, 2026, and for taking the time to respond to our questions.
We have read through the responses and the materials you shared and have some follow-up questions for IFFO:
- “In many cases, fisheries for small pelagics are arguably among the most sustainable of all fisheries,” IFFO’s technical director wrote in 2022. However, an Outlaw Ocean Project review of the fisheries of 18 countries that process the greatest portions of the world’s fishmeal found that at least half of the 56 fisheries targeted by fishmeal ships globally were overfished,…
Many thanks for your questions. Please find attached IFFO’s responses. Let me know if there are any additional points you would like to discuss.
A document attached to the email read:
9th January 2026 Ongoing investigation into the global fishmeal and fish oil industry by Outlaw Ocean (OO)
IFFO’s responses to Outlaw Ocean
OO: “In many cases, fisheries for small pelagics are arguably among the most sustainable of all fisheries,” IFFO’s technical director wrote in 2022. However, an Outlaw Ocean Project review of the fisheries of 18 countries that process the greatest portions of the world’…