
The spawning center for artificial shrimp farming, the only one of its type in eastern Cuba, remains among the most profitable companies in the Granma territory, one of the reasons why it received the Granma Triunfa distinction.
In the entity, located in the coastal municipality of Manzanillo, the larva is produced for all shrimp farming in the eastern region, and delivers about 56 million of the crustaceans in its initial stage, on average each month, said to the ACN Alfredo Ocaña Méndez, general director.
So far this year the center has fulfilled its production plan by 111, 4 percent, and has all the conditions to deliver 600 million of larvae, he said.
Units of Las Tunas, Camagüey, Holguín, Sancti Spíritus receive the postlarvae shrimp cultivated in the spawning center, which also sends a high percentage of its productions to CALISUR in the municipality of Río Cauto.
The facility has seven production areas, which include the cultivation of algae (first link), breeding and pre-breeding, where larvae with characteristics similar to the natural environment are developed, laboratories and water treatment warehouse, among others.
Ocaña Méndez explained that the eggs are sown in tanks of 20 tons, for a period of 20 days, and are exported to the shrimp farms when they reach five milligrams and one cm long.
The UEB is composed of a group of 76 experienced workers, with several founders and mostly of specialists and workers with over 10 years of work there.
Also, the center is relying on the collaboration agreements with the University of Granma, one of the satellites campus of the University ogf Havana, and the Fisheries Research Center, which improves the scientific and technical development of the entity.
The spawning center for the artificial shrimp farming in Granma was inaugurated on December 19, 1986 by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, who was its main promoter.
The Granma Triunfa distinction is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the independence struggles, the first time when the Bayamo Anthem was sung in public, and to the 60th anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution.
Among the indicators assessed to grant it are the fulfillment of the plans and the budget with efficiency and quality, the appearance of the centers, as well as the political and moral atmosphere of the collectives.
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