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A Pilot Project for Sustainable Development In Estero Morúa we are developing and evaluating conservation tools, with the goal of replicating these actions in other estuaries.
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Conservation of private and communally
owned lands Objectives:
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In the 1970’s
several families in Peñasco looked to growing oysters as an economic
alternative. Today there are at seven oyster farms around Peñasco. These family
operations manage rows of stacked trays, anchored in coastal mudflats, where
oysters grow from larva to adults. Some families market oysters in town, while
most sell them under palapas in the wetlands where they work. Oysterfarming
requires frequent cleaning and sorting of the oysters as they develop in the
trays. This form of aquaculture does not negatively impact the ecosystem, and
could continue indefinitely without exhausting resources, making it a truly
sustainable enterprise. Over the past decade oyster mortality during the
growing process has grown exponentially from 10% to 90%, reducing oysterfarmer
profits to virtually nothing. CEDO has worked with oysterfarmers to understand
the increased mortality rate.
