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Iowa is probably the last place that pops into your mind when you think about seafood, but in fact, there are thousands of delicious fish in our landlocked state! We’re not just talking about creeks and ponds, either. For the last 10 years, Iowa has been home to a prolific fish farming industry. These “herds” of fish, raised in giant tanks, just might help save our oceans. Why do our oceans need saving? Well, there’s plastic pollution for one, but another massive issue is overfishing. According to a 2015 World Wildlife Fund report, half of marine vertebrates (fish, sharks, turtles, etc.) have been wiped out since 1970, in part because of industrial fishing. The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization also says that about 30% of wild species are overfished. This throws the ocean’s ecosystem out of whack and could also make some of the tastiest fish disappear. That’s where Iowa’s fish farms come in! Savvy farmers have realized that some fish species, like barramundi, can be raised in giant landlocked tanks. This helps solve the problem of overfishing the oceans, since we’re raising our own fish instead of killing wild ones. It also gives states like Iowa that are far from the ocean access to delicious, fresh seafood! According to Mother Jones, Iowa’s fish farmers are doing this ocean- saving work on a large scale. One farm, VeroBlue, plans to become North America’s largest land-based fish farm and raise up to 10 million pounds of barramundi per year. This is a win-win for seafood lovers and the farmers, who can raise their “livestock” more cheaply. (It takes just 1 pound of grain and 7 gallons of water to produce a pound of barramundi; it takes 6 pounds of grain and 1,800 gallons of water to produce a pound of beef.) Want to learn more about fish farming? Check out the story “A Fish Out of Water” at MotherJones.com to read about VeroBlue or head to NationalGeographic.com/FoodFeatures/Aquaculture to learn the pros and cons of the industry.
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