Inland Fish Farms
In the U.S., new inland shrimp farms are popping up with the goal of being organic.
New inland fish and shrimp farms are popping up throughout the interior of the United States.
Some have the goal of being organic. Others are committed to also being
environmentally sound. They grow shrimp or fish without chemicals or
hormones in a controlled environment to prevent disease and
contamination of ground water. They even raise their own babies and
feed them chemical-free fish grown in the same farm.
Food & Water Watch visited one such organic farm––read below about the visit. If you see U.S. farmed shrimp, it's a good alternative to
imported shrimp. These entrepreneurs learned from the mistakes of
coastal shrimp aquaculture and do not want to repeat that.
Currently, there are no organic standards for seafood, but the U.S.
Department of Agriculture is currently developing organic standards for
farm-raised seafood. Those standards are expected to be complete by the
fall of 2007.
There are other inland fish production systems that raise familiar
fish, such as catfish and tilapia. Find out more about these
operations––some are good and
some are not!
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