The news that Central American shrimp will no longer pay import tariffs into the European Union has filled with glee the producers of this crustacean in Central America, and has worried the defenders of the marine and coastal ecosystems.

This happened despite a recent tour in three European countries (April 28- May 4, 2010) by grassroot organizations grouped under the REDMANGLAR of Latin American and the Asian Network Against Cultivated Shrimp in conjunction with European Union (EU) and U.S. NGOs in an effort to, among other objectives, define a strategy for the EU to reduce the consumption of shrimp cultivated in the tropical and subtropical areas of the planet. This way, they hope to reduce the environmental, social, and economic impacts that this type of aquaculture produces against biodiversity and the environment in general.

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