America boosts its home seafood production drive

The image shows mussels being grown underwater in a seafood farm

Source: Darryl Torckler

US officials have unveiled new orders to strengthen American fisheries, expand seafood production and reduce dependence on foreign seafood imports.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has identified 13 ’Aquaculture Opportunity Areas’ totaling more than 21,000 acres in federal waters of the Gulf of America and off Southern California.

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