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EJF: Farming the Sea - unregulated shrimp farming, the environment and people
Issues Partners Reports Film Photos Success Stories Farming the Sea - unregulated shrimp farming, the environment and people The impacts of irresponsible expansion of shrimp aquaculture activities over the past 25 years ... oil in feeds for growing shrimp. Farming shrimp intensively or semi-intensively can require fish inputs of more than double the weight of the shrimp produced, leading to a net ...
ejfoundation.org


UNISDR Calendar 2006
However, more countries are now realizing the multiple benefits ...
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Protected areas review > Thailand >
This benefits millions of farming families across the country. Yet, for several decades Thailand’s annual rate of deforestation ... fisheries. Thailand has become one of the world’s most important shrimp exporters, which has involved extensive conversion of mangroves to shrimp farming. Fish catch from the rich fishing grounds in the ...
www.mekong-protected-areas.org


Eco-Index: Innovative Eco-Initiative
Shorebird Conservation and Shrimp Farming in Northeast Brazil Critical shorebird habitats along the coast of northeastern Brazil are being degraded for shrimp production; researchers with ... the region. Categories: Migratory species, Aquaculture and shrimp, Birds, Monitoring and evaluation. Archive Agriculture and farming Agroforestry Birds Buffer zone management Capacity building Certification ...
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EJF: Shrimp Reports
Squandering The Seas How shrimp trawling is threatening ecological integrity and food security around the world. Draft Protocol For Sustainable Shrimp ...
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SBN Feature Article: October 1997
In the mid-1980's, Texas officials promoted coastal shrimp farming as a form of economic development and exempted shrimp farms from state requirements for wastewater discharge permits. Discharges of untreated shrimp sewage and epidemics of foreign shrimp ...
envirolink.org


Habitat Media, San Rafael, CA
In 2003, the Aquaculture Certification Council, created by the shrimp industry trade association (Global Aquaculture Alliance) began certifying shrimp farming operations in developing countries. Most conservation groups do ... many species of fish and shellfish. Another factor to consider is that shrimp farming in developing countries is almost entirely for export. Industry spokespersons point to ...
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Habitat Media - interview transcript
It's used mainly in Southeast Asia in the shrimp farming. And a little bit in Australia and US for their shrimp farming. Generally in Latin America they are not at that ... shrimp farmers' associations are developing these practices. The shrimp industry got together and some groups and members got together and formed the Global Aquaculture Alliance, which is dedicated towards improving shrimp farming ...
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Lubee Bat Conservancy :: People, Plants, & Bats :: Global Conservation Threats
Shrimp Farming - Destruction of Mangroves Shrimp aqua-culture has been practised for centuries but in the last 20 years it has boomed in response to the huge demand for shrimp on ... GAA website Shrimp farming has caused massive destruction to the mangroves along the Mekong delta in Vietnam, where half the mangrove forest has been cut down for wood or cleared for shrimp farms ...
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October 3, 2000: Fish Farming May Soon Overtake Cattle Ranching
China, where fish farming began more than 3,000 years ago, accounted for 21 million tons ... that will actually exceed the gains from shrimp production, leading to a net protein loss. In addition, because shrimp rations are also high in fishmeal, shrimp, like salmon, put additional pressure on ...
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