Shrimp has been hard to come by. With early mortality syndrome (EMS) devastating production in Asia -- reports have now surfaced that India may have contracted the disease -- prices have skyrocketed and what was once a widespread commodity is getting increasingly high-end. The solution? Grow your own.

At the Global Aquaculture Alliance's (GAA) GOAL 2013 conference in Paris, Mike Berthet, director of fish and seafood for M&J Seafood/Brakes, asked delegates,: "Did you know they are farming shrimp in central London? Neither did I until recently."

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