People need to stop eating so much farmed shrimp because the farms are destroying the environment eliminating jobs, displacing people from their homes and destroying communities around the world, the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen said Tuesday.
The group released a new report Tuesday -- "Shell Game: The Environmental and Social Impacts of Shrimp Aquaculture" -- documenting what its says are the dangers of shrimp aquaculture. (To read the full report, click here.)
But with nearly 90 percent of all shrimp consumed in the United States coming from imports -- most grown on farms -- achieving substantial results will require a significant change in the way Americans eat shrimp, Adrianna Natsoulas, field director at Public Citizen's food program, told IntraFish by telephone from Washington, D.C.
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UPDATED: Public Citizen report urges consumers to ignore farmed shrimp
People need to stop eating so much farmed shrimp because the farms are destroying the environment eliminating jobs, displacing people from their homes and destroying communities around the world, the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen said Tuesday.
9 November 2004 5:56 GMT
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10 July 2012 7:22 GMT