If the salmon won’t come to the ocean, then the ocean will come to the salmon. Well, not quite: Tanker trucks will take them there. Such are the extreme measures in California this spring, as drought forces major salmon hatcheries to funnel their fish into tanker trucks and ride them straight to the Pacific.
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Fish tends to spoil fast, even when kept on ice. So to ensure that farm-raised salmon remain at peak of their freshness (read: still swimming) for whole trip to back to shore for processing, Rolls-Royce is building the world’s largest mobile aquarium/meat wagon.
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Shrimp fountains don’t grow on trees, you know—nor do Ahi Tuna steaks, Fish McBites, or fried calamari. But that hasn’t stopped an increasingly affluent human population from annually demanding more and more seafood. As a result, an estimated 85 percent of the ocean’s fish stocks are now either fully exploited or overfished. But an ancient form of aquatic farming, and current $60 billion-a-year industry, may hold the key to both protecting wild fish populations and your local sushi shop. More »
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