Mexico: Shrimp farmers from the Mexicali Valley receive the first larvae of the season

Published 2022년 3월 17일

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The Mexicali Valley in Baja California is set to begin shrimp and tilapia fattening this month, with at least 10 farms expected to participate. The season will start with a shipment of three million shrimp larvae, and a potential second shipment in May. The expected production of shrimp is 25 tons, with tilapia potentially reaching 50 tons by the end of the season. The state government, through SEPESCA and FOGABAC, is supporting the activity financially and administratively.

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SEPESCA PRESS RELEASE. Government of Baja California. Planting will begin this month and it is expected that at least 10 farms will be active with shrimp and/or tilapia fattening, according to preliminary reports. MEXICALI, Baja California. With a shipment of three million larvae, shrimp fattening will begin in the Mexicali Valley, according to data to which the Secretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture (SEPESCA) has had access. For the head of the state agency, Alma Rosa García Juárez, the start of the 2022 shrimp farming season in this region represents a good expectation, after the difficult challenges faced by crustacean fatteners. He pointed out that the State Government, through SEPESCA and the Complementary Guarantees and Bridge Loans Fund (FOGABAC), are looking for mechanisms to promote the activity, on which dozens of families depend in that region of the State. He also commented that one of the measures to be taken will be the installation of the Mexicali Valley ...

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