Pesca y producción limpia. Factibilidad de una microempresa de extracción de camarón con tecnología de bajo impacto ambiental

Abstract

The shrimp fishing is one of the most important economically sectors in the Caribbean Sea of Colombia. In fact, shrimp is a resource of high unitary value in the international markets. Now a days, this activity displays economic, social and ecological difficulties due to raise of production costs and impacts on the ecosystem caused by the traditional bottom trawl fishing. The necessity of preserving the marine environment to guarantee the existence of the goods and services that offers the nature is gaining importance day by day, thus the present work evaluates the technical, financial and administrative feasibility to create a venture that generates employment for artisanal fishers of Santa Marta, Colombian Caribbean, using a alternative fishing gear (traps). The use of this technology diminishes the costs of the fishing activity, since requires less fuel consumption, consequently reducing the greenhouse emissions and, avoids the deterioration of the ecosystems caused by the conventional technologies of the bottom trawl fishing.