Mozambique: 600 tonnes of farmed prawns exported to Europe

Aquapesca, a Mozambican aquaculture company based in Inhassunge district, in the central province of Zambezia, exported about 600 tonnes of tiger prawns last year to the European market, including Spain, Portugal and France. François Grosse, operations director of the company, quoted by the Beira daily paper "Diario de Mocambique", said that the amount of farmed prawns exported in 2010 matches the average since the company began to market prawns on the international market in 2005.

Grosse explained that the production of prawns at Aquapesca is done with a certification from an international organization linked to this activity and that the company is gearing up to export the same amount in 2011 to Europe where, he noted, " it has a great deal of acceptance". "The company's great dream is to reach production of 800 to a 1000 tonnes of prawns a year", he said.

Achievement of that dream, Grosse said, involves improved breeding of prawns in Nacala in the northern province of Nampula, which is currently equipped with six tanks, including other essential infrastructure for this type of activity. Read more...

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