Dhaka, Oct. 16 -- Europe's leading salmon producers are turning to chicken byproducts in fish feed as fishmeal prices rise, despite concerns that consumers may find the practice unnatural, the Financial Times reports.

Lerøy Seafood Group, a Norwegian salmon farmer supplying British supermarket chain Tesco, has introduced poultry byproducts at all its offshore farms.

Mowi plans to use poultry-based feed in Norway and Scotland, the report said.

Grieg Seafood has introduced chicken meal and oil, while SalMar is testing them.

Fishmeal prices have nearly doubled in two years as stocks fall and Chinese demand rises, while poultry feed costs less than half as much, it added.

Producers say chicken feed can cut costs and emissions while ...