Agencia Brasil

Brasilia – Brazil’s Northeast region holds the world’s highest productivity levels in the exploitation of sea shrimp, reaching 6 tons/hectare/year. The good performance is due to favorable climatic conditions, in addition to the use of their own technology and to full knowledge of the reproductive cycles of the species. Another factor that contributes to shrimp production in the Northeastern states of Brazil are the extensive coastal areas – 300 thousand hectares. The increasing demand for small size shrimp by international markets also play an important role for the sector.

This information was published this week, by the Bank of the Northeast, in the study "Perspectives for the Development of Shrimp Culture in the Brazilian Northeast."

Translation: Andréa Alves