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 landfor feed production. This is given per kilogram of edible weight. Chicken – the lowest-impact meat – is shown forcomparison.

18.53 m²15.27 m²14.53 m²13.18 m²11.41 m²10.82 m²10.45 m²9.78 m²8.25 m²4.86 m²3.81 m²0 m²0 m²Milkfish (farmed)Tilapia (farmed)ChickenShrimp (farmed)Carp (farmed)Other marine fish (farmed)Catfish (farmed)Other freshwater fish (farmed)Silver/bighead (farmed)Salmon (farmed)Trout (farmed)Bivalves (farmed)Seaweed (farmed)

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