Turning fish into vegetarians with 'impossible fodder'

Japanese scientists develop plant-based food to conserve marine stock

20200107N Amberjack ready for impossible fodder

Japanese researchers have developed fish feed derived from soybeans and invertebrates that amberjack will eat.

RIMI INOMATA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japanese researchers have drawn closer to developing a plant-based fish food that will reduce the need for hatcheries to rely on processing other fish for fodder, and help conserve Japan's dwindling marine population.

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