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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 land for feed production. This is given per kilogram of
edible weight. Chicken – the lowest-impact meat – is shown for comparison.

0 m²2 m²4 m²6 m²8 m²10 m²12 m²14 m²16 m²18 m²Milkfish (farmed)18.53 m²Tilapia (farmed)15.27 m²Chicken14.53 m²Shrimp (farmed)13.18 m²Carp (farmed)11.41 m²Other marine fish (farmed)10.82 m²Catfish (farmed)10.45 m²Other freshwater fish (farmed)9.78 m²Silver/bighead (farmed)8.25 m²Salmon (farmed)4.86 m²Trout (farmed)3.81 m²Bivalves (farmed)0 m²Seaweed (farmed)0 m²

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