Shrimps are harvested in sea cages

(Source: El Universo)

In Cojimíes, Manabi, twenty four artisanal fishermen harvested the first shrimps in captivity, in front of the Jupiter island, the National Fisheries Institute (INP) reported.

INP director Edwin Moncayo said that 10 000 juvenile shrimp of 3.5 crop grams were sown in March, reaching a weight of about 12 grams in 2 months of cultivation.

According to a statement, one of the fishermen indicates that the feeding of the shrimp was based in a balanced diet without chemical additives.

The harvest is the result of a cooperation agreement between the INP, the Autonomous Parochial Decentralized Government of Cojimíes and the Cooperative Society of Artisanal Fish Production of Cojimíes.