El Salvador Moves to Protect its Shrimp Industry

Shrimp is one of the most important exports of El Salvador after coffee and sugar. Some 7.3 million pounds of shrimp were exported in 1962 bringing in about 5.2 million dollars. The Government of El Salvador, realizing controls are necessary to protect this important natural resource and also the investment in the industry, requested the assistance of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in studying methods of safeguarding the fishing grounds and of improving methods of processing and marketing.

Roberts W. Ellis (U.K.), FAO marine biologist (right), assisted by Carlos A. Fuentes (left) prepares a shrimping net for shrimping in a lagoon near Puerto El Triunfo. Studies are being conducted determine whether inshore Shrimp fishing could be expanded without affecting the offshore shrimping by trawlers. [Exact date unknown]

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