«Like any food system, aquaculture can be done poorly; we've seen it,» she said, referring to the boom and bust of shrimp farming in the 1990s, a fallout of poor management. (sciencedaily.com)
After my book was published, I gave an illustrated talk on the destructive impact of shrimp farming on mangroves to an audience of «thought leaders» in New York. (islandpress.org)
In the Philippines, some two thirds of the country's mangroves — over 100,000 hectares — have been removed for shrimp farming over the last 40 years. (treehugger.com)