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With the aquaculture and
fisheries expo
Fishow taking place on 3
and 4 September, the investment and promotion agency
ProInversión is making
every effort to showcase the country as an attractive option
for foreign investment.
The agency has announced
opportunities in 59 private sector fishing and aquaculture
projects representing a total investment of USD 84.2
million, most of which will benefit shrimp, mollusc, seaweed
and trout production. |
Shrimp, mollusc, seaweed and
trout production will mostly benefit from investments. (Photo:Acquatumbes)
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Recovery of the shrimp sector comes top of the list, with
USD 17.1 million earmarked for 10 different projects to
boost investment in this commercially valuable species.
Mollusc takes second place with investments of USD 6.4
million destined to five separate projects.
Included in the package are
11 trout production projects, three initiatives for tilapia,
and two for seaweed, making up a total of USD 4 million.
ProInversión executive
director Alberto Pasco Font said efforts were focused on
eliminating any bureaucratic restraints and barriers that
might hinder investments. As the newspaper Gestión
points out, the agency was set up to facilitate both the
generation of projects and contacts with investors. In this
capacity, it has collaborated in the privatisation of public
sector assets in various parts of the industry.
Fifteen of the projects will
be featured at the Fishow expo in Lima. The event is a joint
initiative with Prompex for promoting investment in the
aquaculture sector - especially shrimp production, products
containing concentrated proteins and Peruvian scallop - as
well as increasing the variety of seafood available, writes
Expreso Perú.
The event will include an
investment projects fair, a business conference for
delegates from China, Spain, France, Brazil, Switzerland and
Italy, as well as seminars on frozen and fresh chilled
fish, cephalopods, frozen shellfish and frozen molluscs,
canned fish, and fishmeal and fish oil.
By Patricia Loru
FIS Latino
Photo courtesy of:-
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