Yes they are restrictions for woden platform.
That's why I made dedicated page for them in tips and tricks with list of all things you can place on it. I am trying to make them work like collision but that is tricky to do.
Coconut meat is intended source of nutrients here not fish. Fish recipe can be done in biochamber and chemical plant. Are you using biochamber for that
I can try to tweak recipes to make them require a bit less fish and produce more output.
What recipe consume you the most ammount of fish?