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The one in the black cap is Carl Guyton, [ SOUND ] 37 years old, and a third- generation Maine lobsterman. Being, being a fisherman is not a job that you go stamp some parts out in a factory, or do something. [ SOUND ] It's more of a lifestyle you, you provide a protein source for the world. It's my life. [ SOUND ] But Carl didn't catch these fish. No one did, they were farmed. Carl comes here, [ SOUND ] a mile off shore to The Great Bay fish farm to keep his families fishing traditions alive. By learning fish farming. The world's oceans can only produce a certain amount of seafood. And we've plateaued at that amount about 15 years ago. And the demand for seafood is ever increasing. Even increasing. Obviously it's not gonna be caught. [ SOUND ] We, we're gonna have to grow it. And this is how it's done. [ SOUND ] 25 to 30, 000 cod per cage are grown in nets that are 65 feet across and 40 feet deep. As for catching them wild out on Maine's open sea, overfishing has finished that and those jobs. For the families that are multi- generational commercial fishing families, that have been in Maine for, say, 200 years and have been fishing as part of their livelihood for that long. This generation is the first generation which is looking at the possibility at not being able to do that anymore. That situation led Sebastian Bell to create the Cod Academy. Unique in America, it teaches cod aquaculture to fishermen like Carl for free. Bell chose cod because it's a popular eating fish, [ SOUND ] disease- resistant, and a native fish to Maine. Carter's long been a challenge to [ UNKNOWN ] farming, but recent breakthroughs have made that viable. The eight member class meets once a week, at times on. Sea. Cuz that would be an easier lease date [ INAUDIBLE ] And at times. In this classroom at the University of Maine. Slightly off. I don't know if there's a place where. With Bella's teacher, [ CROSSTALK ] they cover the essentials, from biology to how to make a business plan. We're taking an approach that's focused on individual fishermen and small- scale farming. And so, for them to start one of their farms. It'll probably be $ 100 to $ 200, 000 and that's why the academy is so important. We want to give them the best chance they have of being successful before they make the investment. Because that would be an easier lease to actually get [ INAUDIBLE ] Farms whether [ CROSSTALK ] on land or sea can be risky ventures. A storm or disease [ SOUND ] can wipe out an entire harvest. Then there's feeding them. A serious expense and a bit of an art. [ INAUDIBLE ] Students here have to learn how to change the amount as the fish grow larger. [ SOUND ] Because they know overfeeding can cause trouble. We feed our fish with cameras so we can see when they're not eating. So that they're, we're not polluting. [ SOUND ] But pollution does remain a concern of fish farming critics. They complain that the farms are eye sores. Spewing waste from over crowding. Adding chemicals and pollutants. They can ruin the bay's ecology. [ SOUND ] And they can point to a string of bad situations where that's happened at salmon farms from Canada to Norway. Some of the large- scale industrial farms that were in the past you know, did a lot of damage and, and. You know, we're get, we got the bad reputation on it. You know, [ LAUGH ] they didn't practice sound management. They over fed, over medicated. Those days are gone. Maybe in some countries, but not here. We're regulated away from it. [ SOUND ] In Maine, fish farming regulations are currently among the strictest in the world. At Great Bay, where we're tested twice a year for pollution. They can't even detect that we have fish on sight. [ SOUND ] The fish here began life in hatchery, on shore. Born from cod eggs, laid and fertilized naturally. After about six months of growth, in controlled conditions. The young fish get transferred to a working farm. Two years later, they're ready for harvest. In the United States, 50 % of all the seafood consumed is now farm raised. But [ SOUND ] 80 % of that is imported. The US is the second largest market for seafood in the world. And yet, we are not even in the top ten in terms of aqua culture production in the world. We've got a long way to go. [ SOUND ] As for Carl Guien, he spent his life as a lobster man and says he'll never give it up. But he does plan on starting a small fish farm for his slow months with an eye towards the future. The future holds fish farm. [ SOUND ] And then, why not be one of the pioneers into it? Why not be one of the people that's gonna take the industry forward. You know, people gotta eat. From Sorrento, Maine, this is Ed Robbins for Time Video. 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