The earthquake caused losses of $10 million to the shrimp sector in Ecuador

Ecuador's shrimp sector, the country's main export star product, reported losses of more than 10 million dollars due to the 6.6 magnitude earthquake that occurred last Saturday, in which 15 people lost their lives. The National Chamber of Aquaculture (CNA) of Ecuador indicated in a statement that the earthquake, with its epicenter located in the Gulf of Guayaquil, caused the partial collapse of the walls of shrimp farms located in the southern province of El Oro, on the border with Peru. "The damage exceeds 10 million dollars in losses, because the walls must be completely rebuilt, which implies emptying the pools in which shrimp are grown to carry out the intervention," said the aquaculture union. Added to this are the effects on water services, electricity and problems on second and third order roads in some areas of the same province of El Oro, the most affected by the telluric movement. On the other hand, in the province of Guayas (southwest) some cracks are being evaluated in ...