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Land use per kilogram of farmed seafood

Based on a meta-analysis of data from 1690 fish farms. Land use includes land used for aquaculture farms plus land for feed production. This is given per kilogram of edible weight. Chicken – the lowest-impact meat – is shown for comparison.

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01 Jan 2021
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