Weekly Report - 28 April 2016 (WR-16-16)

COLOMBIA | Record shrimp production. Colombia’s agriculture ministry released a statement last week saying that so far this year shrimp fishermen in the country’s Pacific regions have recorded their highest production for the last 15 years, catching approximately 40 tonnes (t) of shrimp per day since the beginning of April. According to the statement, Colombian fishermen have on average been bringing in around 2t of shrimp per day in the past few years but this year’s average haul has been substantially larger thanks to the better management of fishing stocks.

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