We do Alaskan caught fish only when we buy it. Nothing imported from Asia, ever. Nothing farm raised... farm raised is a sustainable practice for wild fish populations... but they feed them terrible commercial foods in those farms... who knows what's in it. Local caught.. depends on where it came from. My mom worked for the Sierra Club in Wetland Protection and I would tag along for testing local water sources. Scary stuff! There was a creek here, called the Mill Creek... one of the tributaries to it was called "Bloody Runs" it was so bad. Major dumping point for industry, that would then go into the Ohio and ultimately to the Mississippi. Nothing would grow in that creek except brown slime. No fish, no bugs, no nothing. They've been working on cleaning it up since the 70's. It can just now recently host wildlife.
I'm considering raising my own Tilapia since I'm some what of a fish nut. Though all I have right now is a pair of Goldfish and a blue crawdad. I've seem some very cool hydroponic setups.
One was utilizing an inground swimming pool! They left the deep end with water for the fish. Put a green house top over the whole thing. Cycled the water through a series of dirtless planters full of some very healthy veggies. They had chickens too, and they were worked into it. They were farming worms as well.
If my dad ever moves.. we're totally moving in and doing that to his pool! But with our winters, we need to keep water in the pool otherwise it will crack, you can only drain it so much. So we'd have to go bigger, and put the green house at regular height built around it to have the plants at ground level then the fish below in the pool.
He has another "pool"... 16x8x3.. smaller scale and we could keep the pool for swimming. Either way.
I like Tilapia baked with honey on top and a dash of Cilantro, pepper, and garlic salt. Yum! If you ever open a package and it smells "fishy".. the honey will take that out during baking.
