1. What two world regions produce the most shrimp from commercial farms? Within each region which country is the largest producer?

2. Describe six to eight valuable services that mangrove forests provide:

3. What are at least four significant differences between traditional "natural" or "extensive" shrimp ponds and newer, "intensive" shrimp farms?

4. What are the major physical requirements for an intensive shrimp pond?

5. In the mid-1990s about what proportion of total shrimp consumption came from shrimp farms? How was the rest produced?

6. In words, briefly describe the trends since 1970 in

(a) world total shrimp production--
(b) U.S. shrimp production--
(c) U.S. shrimp consumption--
(d) shrimp produced from commercial farms--

7. What role has the World Bank played in the trends described above?

8. What are three ways by which commercial shrimp farming practices tend to reduce the populations and biodiversity of fishes in the open ocean? --Explain.

9. How has "Nature… retaliated against the intensive shrimp farms," making them ecologically unsustainable? --Describe the processes in some detail.

10. Describe five social disruptions that are commonly caused by commercial shrimp farming:

11. How can "the dispossessed" fight back against commercial shrimp farming?