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Year, harvesting over a million fish this year. >> i have studied sort of open ocean farming of product, and from my way of thinking, thats really, of that exists, i want to see the pure newt reets of the ocean in areas of the ocean that are completely away from any kind of industry, nonpolluted. thats really seafood in its purest sense. if i can get that, thats what i want to sell to my customers. >> its pure, its healthier. its got the right level of omega 3s, the right fat content. free of th...

>> you never see the same water twice. >> im brian, founding of open blue, the largest open fish market. >> welcome to the next list with dr. sanjay gupta. every year, the worlds population grows. with it, a need for more food. seafood in particular is in demand because its such high quality protein, but the number of fish caught in the wild doesnt even come close to meeting the demand. in fact, right now, nearly half the seafood people eat comes from aqua culture or farmer. thats where any new ...

For me. >> pretty intimidating. >> there were so many fish coming at me. what was it like the first time for you? >> hard to describe. just a great place to be. i love to go inside and lay down and look up at the silhouette of the fish, the sun behind them. just a nice place to be. you could go to church on sunday morning, but i spent more time with the fish, laying down and spending time with the fish. >> that was your church? >> my church. >> your religious experience. >> yeah. ♪ twith black...

First met brian a long time ago. maybe it seems like 16 years. he was a kid. he was a very nice kid to begin with. he had that passion. >> i went to florida to harbor ranch oceanographic institution to take a course on cultivating marine fish, and the whole class got up to speak about what theyre doing, then i get up to say that all im interested in studying is marine fish, and i is a tank in my parents basement, and immediately, he didnt believe me, so he flew to new york. i walked into my pare...

How did you desite what kind of fish you wanted to raise? >> it was pretty clear early on it was a special fish. thesish from morning to afternoon, you could see them. and when we put them in the c e cages offshore, they exploded. were growing fish to ten pounds in a year. salmon was less than a pound a year. the fish in the environment, theyre not couch potatoes. they swim around all the time. it would result in cleaner, fresher tasting fish. its firmer meat. its overall quality is just outstan...

Not that many people get to see them because they often inhabit those open ocean waters cl s clo shore. whale sharks are animals that kobe are often found schooling with. they will follow whale sharks in nature. that demonstrates that where they naturally thrive. i love to go inside and look up at the silhouette of the fish from behind. just a nice place to be.

>> how did you decide how far apart to put the farms? >> looking for consistency in the water. it kept pushing us farther and farther out. we want the fish to be in clean water all the time, at least 12 kilometers off the coast. very deep water here, about 220 feet deep. theres nothing between us and cuba. >> our whole goal is to provide a more natural, healthier environment for the fish. eight miles off the coast, clear blue water. currents are brisk. fish never see the same water twice. also m...

Cycle. it begins with food stock. we spawn fish in captivity in a controlled environment. we hatch the eggs, cultivate live feed in order to feed the baby fish for the first 30 days of their life. >> what youre seeing here is the nursery section of open blue. youre looking at about 150,000 koeb yeah here between four tanks and theyre 25 days old. and theyre close to one gram on average right now. my name is stan and im the hatchery manager for open blue farm. basically after three and a half wee...

>> over the next 50 years, we need more seafood than the last 10,000 years combined. were already seeing fish on land, already seeing food shortages so we have to pick up the pace, move it offshore. >> ready for takeoff. >> can you tell us where we are right now? >> were flying pretty much over the jungle here, which is covering a mountain chain. that is panama. panama is essentially this string of mountains that comes running down from as far north as north america. a pretty much untouched part...

Dont know for sure what youre getting. >> right. >> how do you address that problem because theres skepticism? >> one thing were trying to do is provide full traceability with our products. were currently tagging our fish. every fish that leaves has a unique tag with its own information on it. just like this, a little information on the product and a unique number here. if you go, the provision for this is one day you go to the website and punch in that number and pull up the life history of the...