Did you know most seafood coming across U.S. shores is imported? According to Don Kent, President and CEO of Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute (HSWRI) rising seafood demand in the U.S. (and elsewhere) is predominately met with seafood imported from Asian countries.

Whatever price you're paying for fish at your grocery store in the US, it's probably not buying you something as fresh as local seafood. Furthermore, there's hidden costs in buying so much imported seafood. According to a recent article in the New York Times by Ian Urbina, it's the costs associated with human trafficking and illegal means of bringing it to market. Not only do the victims of slave labor or economic impacts from decimated fisheries pay a price, but your taxes go to the legislative and enforcement efforts necessary to counter the human trafficking and illegally caught portions. Innovative built environment ventures like the ones featured in this post for aquaculture are a more sustainable answer to meeting the seafood demand that Don Kent projects will grow to 150 million metric tons in the coming years.