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A one-time commercial fisherman on the high seas, Bren Smith has turned his buccaneering spirit to ocean farming. In his new book, Eat like a Fish, he argues it’s the way to feed the planet while breathing life back into our seas.

Picture my farm as a vertical underwater garden: anchors on the edges connected by horizontal ropes floating six feet below the surface. From these, kelp and other kinds of seaweed grow downward next to scallops in hanging nets that look like lanterns and mussels held in suspension in mesh socks. On the seafloor sit oysters in cages and clams buried in the mud. My crops are restorative. Shellfish and seaweeds are powerful…



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