According to a report published on Monday 25 September by the NGO Oceana, only one in six forage fish populations in the North-East Atlantic is farmed sustainably and is in good health.
The organisation is urging EU Member States to improve the management of these small fish. For many marine species (marine mammals, seabirds, commercially important fish), forage fish (sandeel, sprat, herring, mackerel, Norway pout, horse mackerel) are their main source of food.
Of the 32 forage fish...