Despite being surrounded by 20 percent of the world’s fresh water supply, fish farms are rare in Michigan. But with a ballooning global population expected to top 9.6 billion by 2050, expanding fish farms in The Great Lakes State could feed billions and be a lucrative business. Wild fish populations could also benefit from fish farms because fish farm waste would add beneficial nutrients to the upper Great Lakes that are nutrient deficient.
This article was originally published on September 10, 2014
