HARVESTING fly larvae could be an answer to saving twenty seven and half million tons of fish being caught each year for fish meal. Jason Drew was recently interviewed on ABC National Radio about farming fly larvae. One kilo of fly eggs turns into 420kgs of protein in 72 hours, these eggs are mixed with waste from abattoirs and then tons of larvae can be harvested each day, which are then turned into pellets. That means tons of waste from the abattoirs does not go into land fill and saves an enormous amount of fish being caught for fish meal to feed the fish in fish farms.
Jason Drew has written the book “The History of the Fly. Throughout history the fly has been a vital part of our ecosystem, especially useful as they break down and recycle our waste nutrients. Genghis Khan did not go into battle without a cartload of flies, the larvae would disinfect the soldiers wounds and now 1200 years later this practice is being done by the National Health in the United Kingdom. The larvae disinfects the wound, as it can only eat the damaged cells not the whole cells.
Listen to the ABC interview.