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Article: Alleviate consumer concerns about farmed shrimp: the environmental community's accusations have prompted consumers to ask more questions about the crustacean's origins.(Seafood FAQ)(shrimp farming)
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- Seafood Business
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- March 1, 2005
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Thanks to the emergence of aquaculture in the '80s and '90s, shrimp has established itself as America's favorite seafood. U.S. per capita shrimp consumption jumped from 2.2 pounds in 1990 to 4 pounds in 2003, stealing the No. 1 position from canned tuna in 2001.
But the crustacean's rise to stardom hasn't come without pressure from the environmental community, which continues to accuse the shrimp-farming industry of using the potentially lethal antibiotic chloramphenicol, destroying mangroves, harming the environment and displacing traditional livelihoods in rural Asian and Latin American communities. As a result, some consumers are questioning whether they ...