Nine ointment shrimp exporting companies will receive financing to achieve ecolabelling
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- 20 May 2022
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The ointment shrimp fishery began a strengthening process through the Improvement Project, which seeks to achieve sustainability and access eco-labelling in the future, a growing initiative in international markets.
According to information from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF Ecuador), titi or ointment shrimp are wild shrimp, native to Ecuador, which are collected by industrial trawlers and artisanal fishermen in the Gulf of Guayaquil, using a very particular trap. that does not exist anywhere else in the world.
The project started on May 19 with the signing of a technical assistance agreement between the National Chamber of Fisheries (CNP), an association that has represented this subsector since this year, and the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation (SFP), a recognized non-profit organization. government, which operates in the world for the conservation of fish populations.
Rafael Trujillo, executive director of the CNP, indicated that through this agreement, financing will be provided to nine ointment shrimp exporting companies that are members of the Chamber: Natluk, Frigopesca, Omarsa, Pcc Congelados, Maramar, Pacfish, Grupo Degfer, Sodicor and South Pacific Seafood.
The CNP indicated that the ointment shrimp fishery annually generates exports of more than $50 million , being important for the economy of communities of artisanal and industrial fishermen in the Gulf of Guayaquil. The export supplies a growing demand in the international market with requirements for sustainable products.
The advice will include identifying the necessary improvements, determining the action plan, costs and financing needs. Similarly, the WWF Ecuador, an organization that has worked with the ointment shrimp fishery for more than a decade, has expressed its interest to the CNP in joining forces with this sustainability initiative of the export sector. Read More...
