Is krill edible?

The tiny crustaceans are plentiful, nutritious—and a possible fix for world hunger, Anneli Rufus reports. read more

Yes, it's edible. It tastes like shrimp, which is not surprising because krill is shrimp. read more

For those of you who don't know, the antarctic krill is a shrip-like crustacean, who breed in huge numbrs in the Southern Ocean. Their biomass is hug-they are the primary food supply for whales and many species of birds and fish. read more

Most krill species display large daily vertical migrations, thus providing food for predators near the surface at night and in deeper waters during the day. Krill are fished commercially in the Southern Ocean and in the waters around Japan. The total global harvest amounts to 150,000–200,000 tonnes annually, most of this from the Scotia Sea. read more