Companies and authorities expect an increase of 30% of shrimp exports only in the province of Cocle.

"Already during the first quarter of this year, exports of this marine product from the Cocle province have increased and up to April nearly half a million pounds were exported, generating sales of around $3,148,000," reported Prensa.com.

Nestor Moreno, HR manager of the seafood exporting company Altrix Panama, located in Aguadulce, said that fortunately the shrimp industry in the province of Cocle has made remarkable improvements, but it still has not be able to recover to pre-1999 levels, when there was an outbreak of the white spot virus , which virtually destroyed the industry.

Source: Prensa.com

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