It was only a few years ago, the New Yorkers were unfamiliar to the mild-tasting fish - tilapia. But now, tilapia is increasingly available in the United States, with almost all of it farmed and imported from China and Central and South America.
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Apart from being the gourmet's delicacies, the over-fishing of these wild populations is growing concerns. Hence, to provide a solution to it, Professor Martin Schreibman, director of Brooklyn College's Aquatic Research and Environmental Assessment Center has introduced urban aquaculture - raising thousands of tilapia packed tightly into 300-gallon fiberglass fish tanks.
Apart from finding a solution to over-fishing - injuring the water ecosystem - his innovative process of this aquaculture will also provide Americans with jobs and healthy food.
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