fish meal
Powdered marine protein
Fish meal is a protein-rich powder made from dried, ground fish, typically small oily species like anchovies, herring, or menhaden.
It serves primarily as a high-nutrient ingredient in animal feed for poultry, pigs, and farmed fish, though it also appears in fertilizers.
The fishy smell of certain pet foods often comes from fish meal content.
The aquaculture industry consumes about half the world's fish meal production.
Interpretive depiction or performance
- anchoviesSmall, oily, cured fish
- menhadenOily Atlantic baitfish
- sardinesSmall canned herring relatives
- herringSmall silvery Atlantic fish
offal · byproduct · drying · grinding · omega-3 · Peru · Chile · fishy odor
Small compressed spheres
- poultry feedFood for domestic fowl
- cattle feedNourishment for bovines
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- protein sourceFood providing essential aminos
ration · pet food · digestibility · palatability · binding agent · feed mill
Egg incubation facility
- fingerlingsJuvenile fish for stocking
- tilapiaFarmed freshwater food fish
- salmonPink-fleshed migratory fish
- catfishBarbeled freshwater bottom-feeder
trout · shrimp · carp · bream · mariculture · larvae · broodstock · ponds
Element seven, colorless gas
- phosphorusGlow-in-dark element
- soil amendmentSubstance improving dirt quality
- organic fertilizerNatural soil nutrient source
- horticultureCultivating plants systematically
compost · crop yield · nutrients · plant growth · gardening · slow-release · micronutrients · top dressing
rendering
Interpretive depiction or performance
- anchoviesSmall, oily, cured fish
- menhadenOily Atlantic baitfish
- sardinesSmall canned herring relatives
herring · offal · byproduct · drying · grinding · omega-3 · Peru · Chile · fishy odor · press cake
pellets
Small compressed spheres
- poultry feedFood for domestic fowl
- cattle feedNourishment for bovines
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
protein source · ration · pet food · digestibility · palatability · binding agent · feed mill
hatchery
Egg incubation facility
- fingerlingsJuvenile fish for stocking
- tilapiaFarmed freshwater food fish
- salmonPink-fleshed migratory fish
catfish · trout · shrimp · carp · bream · mariculture · larvae · broodstock · ponds · tanks
nitrogen
Element seven, colorless gas
- phosphorusGlow-in-dark element
- soil amendmentSubstance improving dirt quality
- organic fertilizerNatural soil nutrient source
horticulture · compost · crop yield · nutrients · plant growth · gardening · slow-release · micronutrients · top dressing · foliar
- feed ingredientsbran, wheat bran, rice bran, oat bran, middlings
- fishing industrytrawling, trawlers, trawl net, gillnetting, trawler
- farm suppliesanimal feed, fertilizer, seeds, cattle feed, insecticides
- ocean resourcesseafood, shellfish, kelp, crabs, oyster beds
- animal byproductstallow, lard, gelatin, rendered fat, animal fat
- animal feedhorse feed, poultry feed, bird food, grain, chicken feed