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Effect on Biodiversity Many
of the aquaculture farms use the naturally available shrimp/prawns larvae
as their seeds. According to an estimate, for every one kg of natural
tiger shrimp larvae collected, about 10 kg of other varieties of fish
and shrimps are killed. It is needless to emphasize the effect of a largescale
aquaculture farm using natural seeds on the bio-diversity of the area.
Considering
the environmental damages of aquaculture practices, the Supreme Court
of India banned aquaculture within CRZ (W.P.No.561/94) and entrusted the
job of issuing clearances to the farms existing / proposed outside the
CRZ, to the Central Aquaculture Authority constituted as per the directions
of the Supreme Court with headquarters at Chennai. The task of implementing
other directions in the above case was also assigned to this authority.
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