WEBVTT 00:03.169 --> 00:08.608 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% It is estimated there will be two billion more people on the planet by mid-century. 00:08.708 --> 00:14.180 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% Growing enough food for this booming world population without serious environmental impacts 00:14.280 --> 00:18.618 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% is one of the greatest challenges to face humanity. 00:18.718 --> 00:22.022 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% The same way that we have been through the Green Revolution, with aquaculture right now 00:22.122 --> 00:25.392 align:left position:80%,start line:89% size:10% we re going through the Blue Revolution. 00:25.492 --> 00:31.598 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% Consumer demand for seafood is on the rise, as doctors tout its health benefits and developing 00:31.698 --> 00:36.469 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% nations can afford more costly sources of protein. 00:36.569 --> 00:42.275 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% By the year 2030, we re going to have to produce an additional 30 million metric tons 00:42.375 --> 00:46.679 align:left position:80%,start line:89% size:10% of seafood to feed the human population. 00:46.780 --> 00:53.420 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% At the same time, wild fish stocks are either depleted, overfished, or stagnant at best. 00:53.520 --> 00:59.959 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% If we re going to actually protect our oceans, we have to make that transition from hunting-gathering 01:00.060 --> 01:01.294 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% to farming. 01:01.394 --> 01:04.464 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% It s what we ve done with all of our other food production. 01:04.564 --> 01:10.937 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% To walk into a restaurant and order a steak of a wild cow, that doesn t exist anymore. 01:11.037 --> 01:17.577 align:left position:65%,start line:83% size:25% The reality is we are farming just about everything else that we re consuming, so why not fish? 01:17.677 --> 01:23.850 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% We re already farming more than half the global seafood production. 01:23.950 --> 01:30.423 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% We re farming more seafood than we are beef globally, and it s only going to continue. 01:30.523 --> 01:35.095 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% Because of their cold-blooded nature and the fact that they don t need to expend as much 01:35.195 --> 01:41.267 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% energy living in a buoyant environment, fish require a lot less feed than land animals, 01:41.367 --> 01:45.472 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% decreasing the demand on Earth s resources. 01:45.572 --> 01:48.508 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% Aquaculture is the most efficient form of animal protein production. 01:48.608 --> 01:51.611 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% Whether we like it or not, aquaculture has become mainstream. 01:51.711 --> 01:56.749 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% There s people who are still thinking negatively about aquaculture, but those are the dark 01:56.850 --> 02:00.453 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% ages. 02:00.553 --> 02:09.229 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% Habitat destruction, water pollution, disease, and food safety scares, caused mainly by crammed 02:09.329 --> 02:17.537 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% nearshore aquaculture operations in Asia, have given the industry a bad name. 02:17.637 --> 02:25.011 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% But experts say newer, more innovative ways of farming the sea are the way of the future. 02:25.111 --> 02:31.451 align:left position:65%,start line:83% size:25% One way to increase fish production in a sustainable way is to move aquaculture operations offshore 02:31.551 --> 02:37.891 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% where there is plenty of available space and strong currents flush out the pens to 02:37.991 --> 02:40.627 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% avoid polluting sensitive ecosystems. 02:40.727 --> 02:45.765 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% We re going to need to double the global seafood supply in order to meet projected 02:45.865 --> 02:47.600 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% demand. 02:47.700 --> 02:50.870 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% And we think the only way to really do that is to move farms into the open ocean where 02:50.970 --> 02:56.309 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% we have this vast environment that can support that kind of growth. 02:56.409 --> 03:01.915 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% In terms of a sustainable place to raise fish, the open ocean is fantastic. 03:02.015 --> 03:07.153 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% These offshore submersible cages are marvelous pieces of underwater engineering. 03:07.253 --> 03:12.292 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% There is no doubt that those are the most advanced aquaculture systems in the world. 03:12.392 --> 03:15.895 align:left position:80%,start line:89% size:10% It is the future of seafood production. 03:15.995 --> 03:21.935 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% Without aquaculture, we re not going to have enough seafood to supply the world. 03:22.035 --> 03:25.405 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% What does the seafood of the future look like? 03:25.505 --> 03:29.505 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% How do we sustainably grow fish from farm to fork?