Fishing

Humans use more phosphorus to produce fish than we obtain by harvesting them

There is an imbalance between the amount of phosphorus we use in the production of fish and shellfish (which need it for growth, bones and shells) and the amount we obtain by harvesting them. Remedying it will require aquaculture’s mean phosphorus use efficiency to increase from its current level of 20% to 48% by 2050.

Aquiculture Fish production Fishing Josep peñuelas @en Peñuelas @en Phosphorus Phosphorus imbalance Yunyuan huang