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Tourists love big spectacles and little shrimp. eating 22 million pounds a year. the problem is in this land locked state, shrimp are often frozen and from far away. but this year, that could change. the size of this building is a 36,000-square-foot fabricated structure. reporter: a half hour north, blue oasis is building a plant to grow shrimp in the desert and take on the foreign companies that dominate the american market. scott mcmahnis is the ceo. it was 400 million pounds brought in the u.s. last year approximately, and 95% comes from overseas. p are each tank can hold 100,000 shrimp and they hope to harvest a half million pounds a year. why hasn t this been done before? well, the big issue is, is how do you deal with the effluent within the system. reporter: the waste? the waste exactly. ....
Nevada has given the nation some big names, tennis star andre agassi was born here and former first lady pat nixon and dawn wells, maryann on gilly began s island. of course, showbiz stars lib ra chi to wayne newton called nevada home. in las vegas, tourists love big spectacles and little shrimp. eating 22 million pounds a year. problem is in this landlocked state, shrimp are often frozen and from far away but this year that could change. size of the year is a 36,000 square foot fabricated structure. reporter: a half hour north of vegas, blue oasis is building ....
If you like shrimp p, you re going to love this story. believe it or not, the newest hot spot for seafood lovers just might be the nevada desert. that s where we find tom foreman with today s building up america report. reporter: in las vegas, tourists love big spectacles and little shrimp. eating 22 million pounds a year, the problem is in this land locked state, shrimp are often frozen is from far away. but this year that could change. the size of this building is 36,000 square feet. it s a fabricated structure. reporter: a half hour north, blue oasis is growing shrimp in the desert. scott mcmahon is is the ceo. i mean, it s 1.4 billion pounds brought into the u.s. last year. approximately. and 90% of that comes from overseas. reporter: each tank can hold ....