CHAPTER EIGHT IMPLICATION OF SHRIMP CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES: A DISCUSSION From Nature’s chain, whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. Alexander Pope, Essay on Man The environment of coastal Bangladesh, which accommodates shrimp culture as well, is complex and changing. The environmental consequences of human interventions show both positives bio-physical changes as well as some negative environmental impacts. This dynamic situation places a number of constraints on the freedom for development in sympathy with natural conditions. After a decade of investment in shrimp culture development projects by national government and international agencies, it is time to measure the performance of such aquaculture against its promise. Rapid expansion of shrimp culture in most uncoordinated fashion at the private initiative for export