Importancia del sector acuícola en el desarrollo económico en el ecuador durante la última década

Abstract

The objective of this research is to analyze the importance of the aquaculture sector in the economic development of Ecuador. Aquaculture is an important activity, with a great growth every year, with an average annual increase of 8.9% since 1970, making a significant contribution in the economic part, being that the economic development agencies consider it the sector that presents hope to maintain the supply of aquatic products for the population. The research was carried out by gathering information from bibliographic sources, scientific articles, web documents, reports, etc. These have been found in different information banks such as Google Scholar, Redalyc and Scielo.The research has shown that the development of the aquaculture sector in Ecuador is important, demonstrating that the aquaculture area is a fundamental item for economic development, especially in the shrimp sector, which has proven to be an important source of income for the country.