A Mulino farmer is raising shrimp in tanks the size of swimming pools.
A would-be entrepreneur looks at the surplus of carp in a Malheur County lake and wonders if it could be the basis for a fertilizer business, or a possible source of exports to Asia, where carp is consumed as food.
Oregon is aggressively posturing itself to participate in what economic development officials hope will be a renaissance in aquaculture — the cultivation of aquatic species for human use.
The U.S. has a seafood trade deficit hovering at the $10.4 billion mark, according to figures compiled for the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That’s because aquaculture has lagged here more than most.
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