SQUANDERING the SEAS How shrimp trawling is threatening ecological integrity and food security around the world A report by the Environmental Justice Foundation Acknowledgements This report is one of a series documenting EJF’s international This report was researched, written and produced by the Environmental Justice Foundation Charitable investigations into the social, Trust (Annabelle Aish, Steve Trent and Juliette Williams). economic and environmental Design Dan Brown (
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