Peru has the potential to multiply by 20 aquaculture shipments up to US$ 8,000 million
Seafood
Peru
Published Mar 1, 2023
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(Agraria.pe) The great biodiversity and geography of our country allow us to have the food that we require and that the world needs, therefore there is a great productive opportunity in raising fish and other species in the sea, as well as in the lagoons of the Andean and Amazon areas. "Aquaculture is for fishing the same as agriculture is for harvesting, the difference is that agriculture has existed for thousands of years and aquaculture has an expansion period of a few decades," explains Alfonso Miranda Eyzaguirre, president of the Committee for Fishing and Aquaculture of the National Society of Industries (SNI). This economic activity, which is relatively new in Peru, has great potential to generate thousands of jobs in the country in a decentralized manner, says a report published in the Official Gazette El Peruano. Peruvian aquaculture wants to follow in the footsteps of agro-exports, this last field activity went from US$642 million in 2000 to US$9,876 million in 2022, ...
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