Urban aquaculture entertainment park

Tor-Eddie Fossbakk They believe the fishing industry, within 10 years, will find it necessary to find alternative sources for fish because capture fisheries will not be able to meet the demand. The entrepreneurs have proposed an Urban Aquaculture Center (UAC), a large-scale production and educational facility, to serve as an "urban fish farm." The center would provide a solution to many of the environmental problems associated with unsustainable current fishing practices. The proposed UAC includes a 150,000-sq. ft. indoor aquaculture / agriculture facility with an attached greenhouse located on five acres of an unused factory site. Also, the center would feature classrooms for school groups, free demonstration to the public, a "lazy river" boat ride that floats through sustainable urban farming exhibits, restaurant, gift shop and fish market. In other words, an urban aquaculture entertainment park. The UAC concept is a national prototype and, if created, would give Milwaukee the opportunity to be on the cutting edge of urban aquaculture. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations recently stated: "Aquaculture, probably the fastest growing food producing sector, now accounts for almost 50 percent of the world's food fish and is perceived as having the greatest potential to meet the growing demand for aquatic food." The UAC partners with Growing Power, the Great Lakes WATER Institute and other public and private organizations.