Aquapesca expands agribusiness in #mozambique

In 2010 Aquapesca shipped 200 tonnes of shrimp to the
European Union and in 2013 it exported an estimated 25
tonnes of clams to the Japanese market and this year
expects to sell more than 100 tonnes of shelled clams to
that market, it said.
“In this new clam production line the company now works
with four species, the others being tiger prawns, “giga” or
Japanese oysters and freshwater tilapia fish, following
investment of just over US$57mn,” said Aquapesca
laboratory technician Sidónio Juda Chan.
Aquapesca Limited currently operates fish farming plants in
Zambezia province in central Mozambique where it
produces shrimp and crab which are sold in new markets
across the United States and China.
Annual fishing production in the country currently reaches
160,000 tonnes and 86 per cent is from artisanal fishing
mainly from the provinces of Sofala, Zambezia and
Nampula, Aquapesca revealed.