in tabasco, production a oysters about 10 times faster than CanadaAnd yet the market is not being taken advantage of and they are killing off the product.
In this way he conveyed telereportages Under Secretary, Fisheries and Aquaculture, CEDAFOP, alejandro garcía baduiWho explained that Tabasco oysters are sold for 15 cents, while in other parts it costs from 4 to 20 pesos per piece.
However, the state official said that technical oyster farming has a way to go with the use of techniques developed by the centre’s laboratory, such as the use of baskets and gunny bags.
“I must clarify that in Canada an oyster takes three to five years to grow; in the United States, one to three years; in tabascoFor six to eight months. Tabasco This must be the oyster epicenter of the planet. The tragedy is that a bottom oyster costs 15 cents, a string oyster costs up to a peso; A basket of oysters and a sack cost from four pesos onwards. The added value is in the technology of baskets and sacks”.
García Baduy explained that, at present, producers earn about 24,000 pesos per year from fishing and selling oysters, while new techniques not only help prevent the degradation of bodies of water, but also bring in one million pesos per hectare per year. Also allows income up to Rs.
“We have 24 farms on 25,000 hectares. In 2019, 893 tons of oyster farming were produced. By 2021 we are at 2,000 tons that are worth 24 million pesos. The bottom 9,000 tons are worth 17 million, they There are nothing. Producers they earn 26 thousand pesos a year. The investment in one hectare of sack is 2.5 million pesos, and the producer should receive one million pesos per hectare per year.”
The Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture pointed out that the global trend is to migrate to planting and harvesting food from seas, lagoons and rivers, which led him to announce that the program is being promoted to existing producers and registered ones. Conapesca,
“The lab is important because the best males and females are selected. We are producing quality oysters. The lab was abandoned. The idea is that this year we will move about 7,000 bags of oysters. Aquaculture is the future of the planet, little more than what we eat from water products is from aquaculture”.
