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Despite potential, Midwestern farms struggle to market fish

Mike Searcy feeds some of trout being raised in one of the tanks on his trout farm in Seymour, Ind., Wednesday, June 29, 2022. White Creek Farms of Indiana, owned by Searcy, is a recirculating aquaculture system, which allow fish and shrimp to be grown in tank-based systems. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) Trout, harvested at White Creek Farms of Indiana in Seymour, Ind., is placed on ice as they are readied for a customer Wednesday, June 29, 2022. White Creek Farms of Indiana produces about 18,000 pounds of trout annually. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) Mike Searcy checks on some the 13-week-old juvenile trout being raised in a tank on his trout farm in Seymour, Ind., Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Searcy, the owner of White Creek Farms of Indiana, sends most of his fish to Kentucky for processing and distribution. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) White Creek Farms of Indiana owner Mike Searcy poses among the tanks on his trout farm in Seymour, Ind., Wednesday, June 29, 2022. White Creek Farms uses a recirculating aquaculture system to allow fish to be grown in tank-based system. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) Trout, approximately 12-months old, are checked of size at a trout farm in Seymour, Ind., Wednesday, June 29, 2022. White Creek Farms of Indiana produces about 18,000 pounds of trout annually. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)