20 May 2004
Shrimp farms 'harm poor nations'

I don't think we'll ever learn anything: there's nothing inherently "wrong" with aquaculture, but look at the methods they're using to accomplish the "maximum output":

The damage is being caused by pollution and by clearing of the vegetation to make way for new farms. Chemical pollutants used in the process include antibiotics, fertilisers, disinfectants and pesticides, which could be harming human health as well as the environment, the report's authors say.

I wonder if folks chomping down at their local seafood bistro understand that the stuffing in "stuffed shrimp" may be anitbiotics or fertilizers?

Growing consumer demand for shrimp is fuelling an environmental crisis in some of the world's poorest nations, according to a new report.

(link) [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

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