Reply #22: I spend a lot of time in Thailand and it's awful what shrimp farming is doing to the South.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/20/business/worldbusiness/20iht-rbogcoast.1.11278833.html

This article makes it sound like things are getting better but they are not. Many of the small farmers have stopped shrimp farming but of course the big industries have moved in to ramp it up big time. Many of the islands in the south are now almost covered with shrimp farms. It is killing the mangroves and destroying fresh water in a very hot country that needs all the fresh water they can get. In addition, by adding antibiotics to the shrimp ponds, they are creating drug resistant organisms of all kinds. Lots of articles in the Bangkok Post about this the last few years.

It's very bad and it is getting worse, not better.

Sorry, I'd love to tell you those shrimp you bought were okay but no, they are helping to destroy the ecosystem of Thailand.