Growing Local Shrimp In Vegas, With The Ocean Hundreds Of Miles Away

Las Vegas residents and visitors eat a lot of shrimp--up to 22 million pounds annually, most of which is shipped from Asia. That’s more shrimp consumed per capita than any other city in the world. Blue Oasis Pure Shrimp, a shrimp-farming company, is aiming to bring shrimp "from pond to plate" in the city in under a day. Blue Oasis’s North Las Vegas shrimp farm has been breeding shrimp since April. The company also operates a research and development facility in North Dakota.

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