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shrimp; aquaculture; CAFO

Chanthaburi, Thailand
Aerial view of oyster farms in the Chanthaburi Bay. Most of the mudflats have been converted into shrimp farms, where a farmer can earn an average of $20,000 per harvest or lose $3,000 when disease wipes out a pond. High-density monoculture farms are a precarious business.

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Chanthaburi, Thailand<br /> Aerial view of oyster farms in the Chanthaburi Bay. Most of the mudflats have been converted into shrimp farms, where a farmer can earn an average of $20,000 per harvest or lose $3,000 when disease wipes out a pond. High-density monoculture farms are a precarious business.

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