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Fofino [41]
3 years ago
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Japan is the leading producer of farm-raised shrimp, offering a lower price than Americans who farm or catch shrimp for a living

. Shrimp farming requires converting coastline estuaries into holding pens for the baby shrimp to grow in. What will be the long-term consequences for Japan if this industry continues to grow?
A. Increased growth in the near-shore fishing and crabbing industries of Japan
B. Increased estuarine diversity because of new predators
C. Decreased pollution of estuaries and coastal waterways.
D. Decreased number of fish species who use the estuaries
Biology
1 answer:
il63 [147K]3 years ago
7 0
The most likely answer is
D)Decreased number of fish species who use the estuaries. 

The Japanese model for shrimp farming in estuaries basically involves converting estuary areas into shrimp farms, isolating these areas and dedicating them solely to the farming of shrimp. This excludes other fish species from areas that were previously the environment in which they lived.
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