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Repurposing waste

Features25 Aug 2025by Robert Outram

Fish hatcheries and recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) generate waste, in both solid and liquid form. This is both a problem and an opportunity for producers. A problem, because this waste needs to be treated and disposed of in an environmentally sound way; and an opportunity, because it contains nutrients that can be repurposed to help with other forms of food production, or to create energy.

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