Phosphorus is crucial to human life. It underpins modern agriculture worldwide, and like fresh water, is a finite resource globally. There is disagreement over

Phosphorus is crucial to human life. It underpins modern agriculture worldwide, and like fresh water, is a finite resource globally. There is disagreement over the exact time frame for reaching "peak phosphorus" as well, estimates range from 15 to 100+ years. So while these fish represent one method of phosphorus recovery, it doesn't address the wastefulness of allowing important resources like nitrogen and phosphorus to runoff into Lake Apopka in the first place.