[CortezPearls]

The Chinese have an incredible attitude towards production. They are basically Policulturists, so they grow all sorts of plants & animals, and employ the "rejected" portions or waste material from one part of a certain process to "feed" or promote growth in another process. This is actually good...but the problem is when you do not respect the environment and force yourself over its capacity to absorb human activities. There are too many pearly mussels in certain areas, you need to increase productivity levels so you fertilize (initially with organics: manure and poultry faeces, but if needed then you use chemicals) the water, but you may cause eutrophycation: the cause of all algae blooms, some being toxic and able of causing severe environmental damage: will kill off plants and animals, decrease oxygen levels, slow water flow...a barrage of problems.

So, basically, your attitude should be: how many animals can I grow without harming my environment? But this world has seen the true question being raised: How much money can I make before I cannot obtain more money??? Greed.

Pearl farming -with the adequate attitude- can be a blessing for the environment, but if greed is the superior motivator then it will be a curse. Chinese rivers, lakes and bays are just full of farms (all varieties, not only pearl farms), as long as your eyesight stretches and then some more, they think that their farm is not a problem BUT a Million farms all togheter are a SERIOUS PROBLEM. The Carrying Capacity of the Environment will not be able to cope with this and IT WILL COLLAPSE.