This research report considers economic globalization and the rapid growth of large-scale shrimp aquaculture in the Third World along with attempts by NGOs to monitor their activity with often devastating environmental consequences. We find that there are numerous grassroots movements emerging at the local level in response to the often environmentally unsound practices of large shrimp farming companies. The report concludes by calling for more research on the question of emergent social movements and their viability as they struggle with powerful transnational capital.

Keywords: shrimp farming, globalization, local resistance, social movements, NGOs