UCN delivers more than 23 thousand Japanese Oyster seeds to the first group of female oyster farmers in Chile

The Aquaculture Technology Program of the Catholic University of the North and Corfo for the revitalization of Japanese Oyster farming in Chile, delivered a total of 23,500 oyster seeds to the Acuipesca Tongoy Mujeres cooperative, the first oyster farming group formed only by women from the town of Tongoy, with the objective of supporting the production of this resource in the area. An important milestone was experienced by the "Technological Program (PTEC) for the Development and Sustainable Scaling of the Cultivation of the Japanese Oyster Resource", an initiative that promotes aquaculture diversification in Chile and promotes the sustainability of this crop throughout the country. This is the first day of delivery of Japanese Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) seeds of the initiative, whose objective is to contribute to the development of coastal communities, to Small-Scale Aquaculture (SSA) and in this particular case, to an emerging oyster farming cooperative formed only by women ...