the #1 seafood in the US, in terms of $ spent on it yearly, is shrimp, followed closely by canned tuna. I saw an excellent article on a barramundi farmer in The Atlantic. But, America doesn't want another white fish...it wants more and cheaper shrimp.
Why not set up some big tanks of water, with heaters and bubblers and light, and grow shrimp? It can be done in a very ecologically-sound manner, and provide a huge amount of low-fat, high-protein meat. The inner-city already likes it, so it's an easy way to replace McDonalds.
I think a sizeable installation, in the basement of an apartment or in a warehouse, could produce a few hundred lbs every week. The tanks are cheap, the stock is cheap, and at $2/lb the shrimp would fly off the shelves.
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