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Jumbo Problem

Shrimp aquaculture threatens Guatemala’s tropical coasts

By Erin Henk

Champerico, Guatemala—Once one of the busiest ports in Guatemala, the streets of this small town are now desolate and eerily quiet, the silence broken only by fishermen who follow the path through town to the dry shores of the Ixtán estuary. On the downslope from the foreboding metal fence of the Camarones del Sur shrimp farm, known as Camarsa, a few… return to article

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