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Coal Mines as Fish Farms? That's the Hook in W.Va.

(May 30) -- Turning an abandoned coal mine into a fish farm sounds like the stuff of TV parody: "Extreme Makeover, Geology Edition." But people in West Virginia are betting on the commercial potential of doing just that. "It's sort of an unrecognized resource," says Joe Hankins, director of the Conservation Fund's...

Background on fish farming

Fish farming is the principal form of aquaculture, while other methods may fall under mariculture. Fish farming involves raising fish commercially in tanks or enclosures, usually for food.

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