Profile updated on 23 July 2018
SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)
Penaeus vannamei
SPECIES NAME(s)
Whiteleg shrimp, Camarón blanco
JURISDICTION
Guayas
PREDOMINANT PRODUCTION SYSTEM
Pond
WATER SOURCE
Brackish
JUVENILE SOURCE
hatchery - closed cycle
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Encourage departments under the Vice Ministry of Aquaculture and Fisheries to increase the public reporting of aquaculture-related indicators through an aquaculture registry as recommended by the fishery and aquaculture law or through existing agriculture portals.