fish meal

American  

Or fishmeal

noun

1. dried fish ground for use as fertilizer, animal feed, or an ingredient in other foods.

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Etymology

Origin of fish meal

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

Although you’ve probably never bought anything labeled “fish meal,” if you’ve ever purchased farm-raised salmon or ordered it at a restaurant, you’ve likely indirectly consumed Peruvian fish meal.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2024

Certain types of fish such as anchovies and herring are packed with nutrients but often used for fish meal and fish oil because these nutrients also promote fish growth.

From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2023

Prof Gröndahl also hopes that in the future algae will become a key ingredient in animal feed, to replace environmentally-damaging fish meal, which is common in pigs and poultry diets.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2023

Advances in fish meal production has improved the feed ratio but as salmon farming has grown dramatically around the world, so has demand for wild forage fish.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2022

Then the Palace was only a long bare room, lit dimly by two small windows, walled with unpainted wood smelling strongly of fish meal.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck