Aquaculture is Growing More Common in Michigan
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Michigan State University] By Katherine Lundy - December 19, 2017
For most seafood consumers, where their fish comes from may be a mystery. Russell Allen, a small business owner in Okemos, is on a mission to end the mystery for consumers.
Ideally fish would come from a supplier who catches them naturally, by fishing. But more often than not, commercially sold fish are grown on fish farms, an industry known as aquaculture.
Check the internet today and you will find many people against this practice, but ask someone who knows and you may get some totally different answers.
“Aquaculture is a younger industry than chickens or pigs or cattle so people are still learning,” said Russell Allen, a fish seller and longtime aquaculturist. “If you go and are logical about ...
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