A press release from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of El Salvador reads:

In partnership with JICA and with its own funds, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) through the Development Center for Fisheries and Aquaculture (CENDEPESCA), is providing benefits to small scale fishermen. A new project will increase the production of conchas, casco de burro and Japanese oysters in the East of the country.

With the signing of the new project entitled "Improvement of the production and spread of technology in mollusc aquaculture," the Ministry of Agriculture and the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), will invest $2.5 million in the East of the country.

The new project comes 2 years after completion of a technical assistance program which has been run continuously for 10 years by the Government of Japan through JICA, which has made El Salvador the only country in Central America that has the ability to produce mollusks seeds such as Curil or conchas, casco de burro and Pacific or Japanese oysters artificially.

Source: Agriculture and Livestock Ministry of El Salvador