Overfishing has depleted the rich harvests of fish from the oceans. As a solution, a large industry that cultivates shrimp and fish in warm coastal ponds has been developed. To make way for these ponds, mangrove
forests are cut down. Local organisms are displaced. In order for people to decide if this new fish farming
technology is a good long-term solution, they must consider
(1) the risks and costs as well as the benefits
(2) that the mangrove forests would probably die off someday anyway
(3) that food production is always more important than any other concern
(4) the number of fish produced in the first year as compared with ocean fishing