In the Arizona desert, a farm raising fish raises questions about water use
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Sunlight reflects off artificial ponds Saturday, April 19, 2025, at a Mainstream USA fish farm in Dateland, Ariz. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)Artificial ponds for farmed fish operate near crop fields Saturday, April 19, 2025, at a Mainstream USA fish farm in Dateland, Ariz. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)Matt Mangan, president of Mainstream USA, prepares to feed juvenile barramundi fish Saturday, April 19, 2025, at a fish farm in Dateland, Ariz. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)Matt Mangan, president of Mainstream USA, feeds juvenile barramundi fish Saturday, April 19, 2025, at a fish farm in Dateland, Ariz. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)Juvenile barramundi thrash in a pond after being fed Saturday, April 19, 2025, at a Mainstream USA fish farm in Dateland, Ariz. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)Juvenile barramundi fish sit in a net Saturday, April 19, 2025, at a Mainstream USA fish farm in Dateland, Ariz. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)Fish food flies into a pond Saturday, April 19, 2025, at a Mainstream USA fish farm in Dateland, Ariz. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)An adult barramundi reaches for food Saturday, April 19, 2025, at a Mainstream USA fish farm in Dateland, Ariz. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)Groundwater fills artificial ponds for barramundi Saturday, April 19, 2025, at a Mainstream USA fish farm in Dateland, Ariz. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)Kevin Fitzsimmons holds a farmed tilapia Sunday, April 20, 2025, at a research lab in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
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Sunlight reflects off artificial ponds Saturday, April 19, 2025, at a Mainstream USA fish farm in Dateland, Ariz. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
