What are some of the major concerns to farm raised and imported shrimp?
80% of shrimp available in the U.S. market is imported from developing nations. Farms that occur along the coast in many tropical nations have adverse impacts on the environment, including the destruction of mangrove forests, salt marshes and flatlands. Many farms also release their untreated wastewater into the coastal environment, which leads to pollution and disease. Included in these effluent waters are high concentrations of antibiotics and other chemicals used to raise the shrimp.
