Profile updated on 23 July 2018

SUMMARY

SUMMARY

IDENTIFICATION

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


Recommendation for improvement
  • 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.