This Day (Lagos)
14 January 2008
As important as shrimp is to our menu, its production is very devastating to the environment. This much has been proved in some developing countries of Asia and Latin America where ponds are used to cultivate shrimp, with all the chemicals involved, which are usually injurious to the soil.
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Maybe if the method of shrimp farming now being used in Mexico by www.globalseawater.com as developed by http://www.seawaterfoundation.org/newSite/toc.htm was required by your government your community would welcome and even desire it. This method returns desert lands into productive farm land. the polution from the shrimp is used to water and grow trees and other plants that remove carbon form the air thus helping to solve the problems of global warming and even the eventual problems of water levels caused by the melting ice and glaciers in the poles. Hundreds of jobs could become available for local people helping local economies. this method causes NO POLUTION and actually helps the enviroment.