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Proposed Fish Farms Seek to Counteract U.S. Seafood Imports

The U.S. is the largest importer of seafood, which comes primarily from China.

Aired 05/16/2018 | Rating NR

Earth Focus

Proposed Fish Farms Seek to Counteract U.S. Seafood Imports

Clip: Season 1 Episode 5 | 12m 14sVideo has Closed Captions

The U.S. is the largest importer of seafood, which comes primarily from China.

The U.S. is the largest importer of seafood, with 91 percent of our seafood coming primarily from China. As the global demand for food is expected to double by 2050, researchers are turning to aquaculture to look for ways to breed, raise and harvest seafood in sustainable — and scalable — fish farms off the U.S. coast to improve our access to quality seafood without the carbon footprint of imports

Aired 05/16/2018 | Rating NR

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Global demand for seafood is growing along with concerns about overfishing. (12m 46s)

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Communities and innovators all over the world are creating new sustainable food sources. (35s)

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