Translation guide
Fish meal is a protein-rich powder made from ground fish, used mainly as animal feed or fertilizer. In Japanese, it is most commonly referred to as フィッシュミール or 魚粉.
The processed powder used as feed or fertilizer.
The most common term, a direct loanword from English. Used in agriculture and aquaculture contexts.
この飼料にはフィッシュミールが含まれています。
This feed contains fish meal.
Native Japanese term, literally 'fish powder'. Common in technical or written contexts.
Refers to the residue after pressing fish for oil, often used as meal. More specific and less common.
魚粕を乾燥させて粉末にします。
The fish scrap is dried and ground into powder.
Fish meal is used as fertilizer.