Urban Fish Farming- the Wave of the Future?
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New York City might not be the first place you would think of for an experimental fish farm, but indeed it is happening.
In the basement of Brooklyn College, professor and director of the institution’s Aquatic Research and Environmental Assessment Center, Martin Schreibman is growing fish. Tilapia to be precise.
In an attempt to promote a food source that will not contribute to over fishing, Schreibman has bred thousands of the mild tasting freshwater fish, which now live in a number of jam-packed aquariums in the heart of his New York City laboratory.
Unfortunately, however, the fish are also fed fishmeal pellets, which come from, you guessed it, wild fish populations. So, while urban fish farming sounds like a good way to feed a city, it won’t actually reduce over fishing until these fish are grown happily and healthfully without the use of wild fishmeal.
But we're certainly not going to deny it's a fascinating idea: fish grown on pavement!
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