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Use of wild resources efficiency — fish oil

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Reports fish-oil-related efficiency in the use of wild resources for each farmed fish species through either the Fish Oil Forage Fish Dependency Ratio or the quantity of trimmings used in feed.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Structured table
Unit
Fish Oil Forage Fish Dependency Ratio (dimensionless) or kilograms of trimmings used in feed — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reporting period covered by the TNFD disclosure
Aggregation
Reported separately by species of farmed fish; no cross-species aggregation is specified in the extracted evidence
Pillar
Environmental
Topic
Aquaculture feed sourcing and dependency on wild fish resources
Controlled domain
Nature, biodiversity and land
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Feed used for farmed fish species, including fish oil derived from forage fish and, where reported, trimmings used in feed

Verified source occurrences

Framework coverage

This is one canonical metric. The bindings below show every verified framework occurrence without creating duplicate metric pages. Edition, disclosure, role, and relationship remain source-specific.

  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD sector guidance

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents)
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Disclosure
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    TNFD, Additional sector guidance for aquaculture, core sector metrics table, p. 74, official metric code A.C3.3. | Extracted evidence: “Measures Fish Oil Forage Fish Dependency Ratio (FFDRo) by species of farmed fish or reports the quantity of trimmings used in feed in kilograms.” | Page 74, core sector metrics table, A.C3.3
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD sector guidance

    A.C3.3
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Version 1.0, June 2024
    Requirement
    Conditional
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    Page 74, core sector metrics table, A.C3.3
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Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
Fish Oil Forage Fish Dependency Ratio (dimensionless) or kilograms of trimmings used in feed — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reporting period covered by the TNFD disclosure

Unit meaning: Values use Fish Oil Forage Fish Dependency Ratio (dimensionless) or kilograms of trimmings used in feed under the disclosed TNFD sector-guidance method, reporting period and boundary.

Table fields and units

  • Farmed fish species
  • Indicator basis
  • Fish Oil Forage Fish Dependency Ratio
  • Trimmings used in feed (kg)

Published dimensions

  • Farmed fish species
  • Indicator basis: Fish Oil Forage Fish Dependency Ratio or quantity of trimmings used in feed
  • Feed ingredient source

Disclosure method

Formula information

Status
Not applicable
Formula type
Structured Disclosure

Disclosure form

No single formula

Report the source-defined result with its stated fields and method disclosures. The TNFD Aquaculture sector metric is a reportable outcome disclosure, but the extracted specification explicitly supports alternative ratio and quantity outputs. It is therefore retained as a structured, species-dimensioned metric rather than flattened into one scalar ratio or quantity.

Verified sources

Evidence and status sources

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Measurement evidence

  • Measurement evidenceChecked 30 August 2026

    TNFD additional sector guidance collection

    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents)
    Locator
    TNFD, Additional sector guidance for aquaculture, core sector metrics table, p. 74, official metric code A.C3.3. | Extracted evidence: “Measures Fish Oil Forage Fish Dependency Ratio (FFDRo) by species of farmed fish or reports the quantity of trimmings used in feed in kilograms.” | Page 74, core sector metrics table, A.C3.3

    Supports: The official TNFD sector guidance supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Use of wild resources efficiency — fish oil”.

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Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

Source-edition basis: TNFD sector guidance, Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents).

  • Identify each farmed fish species covered.
  • State whether the reported result is the Fish Oil Forage Fish Dependency Ratio or kilograms of trimmings used in feed.
  • Describe the feed boundary and the treatment of trimmings used in feed.
  • Disclose the calculation method and data sources if reporting the dependency ratio.

Record-specific limitations

  • The extracted specification permits either a Fish Oil Forage Fish Dependency Ratio or a trimmings quantity; the selected indicator basis must be identified for comparability.
  • No conversion factors, calculation formula, consolidation approach, or feed-sourcing geography are provided in the extracted evidence.

Interpret this metric with the stated reporting boundary, period convention, value shape, and unit. Results prepared with different boundaries or conventions may not be directly comparable.

Measurement evidence supports the core record-specific claims described above. Corroborative evidence can support limitations, while compatibility and status sources provide their separately labelled context. None of these cards by itself determines an organisation's legal applicability, filing readiness, assurance status, or compliance conclusion.