Fersh water shrimp business

[blanca]

Hi everyone!
I hear fresh water shrimp ponds are really hot in the DR.! Low manitanice and high return. Selling to hotels reasturarnts etc. I was thinking of buying around 20 acers in el campo where there are a few ponds near Nayguay. Putting around 20 5000 m2 ponds. Building a house on the property For myself and the workers..

Any feed back is welcome!

Thanking you in advance,

Blanca

 

[sjh]

Blanca,

I have been doing some research into this myself. I have some contacts in the business who are also in nagua. your biggest problem will be to get the right land at the right price...

feel free to contact me via email at shadley@exchange.ml.com to discuss some more

Stephen

 

[Nathan]

Blanca,

My mom owns 1000 acres of land in Miches. We have a river that is born in our land.

I have been placed in charge of the farm as to make it produce and expand.

That sounds like an interesting venture.

I don't know if Miches is to far. It's been 18 years since I set foot in DR. Anyway, if my locale sounds cool, then keep in touch and we'll show you around when I get there on March 24th.

Best of luck in your endeavor!

PS
I used to have camarones the size of my foot in my rivers when I left. Mom says that once Cibae?os started coming around, they pretty much wiped out the camaron population. I hope I don't tick off any Cibae?os, but it's the truth. (They love their camarones!)
: )

 

[carlosito]

my wife"s grandmother just died. she left a property about 2 miles by two miles. nobody in the family wants it. you can not beleive how beautiful it is. I farmed in the states for 20 years or so. interested in a helper > I am an american who has been here only a year and Half.

 

[Escott]

I may possibly be interested in Shrimp farming.

 

[sjh]

carlosito, where are you located?

Jazzcom, before you go into shrimp farming, you should visit one and decide if you can live with the smell...

 

[Escott]

I own a 50 run dog kennel. I can't imagine a worse smell after 15 hours of being mucked out. Talking about a shitty business. They help literally burns out. Do you think Shrimp would be worse?

Shad, I don't have to sleep with the Fish ya know. I would be interested in this business as either and active or a passive investor.

This is the type of business I would enjoy in the DR.

 

[carlosito]

SjH the land is located in nisibon actually two different properties one located on a beach(absolutely beautiful ) and the orther is located in the middle of farms whose beauty rivals anything in the states

 

[Paul Thate]

jazzcom
a shrimpfarm near sabaneta went broke just recently.
and is now probably for sale
another near cabrera is not doing so well either.
and the A.I. won't spend the money. Few clients
The naturals taste so much better than cultured onces.
So even less clients.
I would stay out of them.

 

[Tony C]

I do not know the Aquaculture market in The DR but in the US it is at best a Depressed Market. The only niche that is doing well is in the ornamental/aquarium fish market and that is a very hard segment to get into.

 

[Escott]

Thanks Paul!

Looks like my only option is vegatable farming.

 

[stan chapman]

Jazzcom

Jazz, you can always stick with shit disturbing. (A cheap Scottish shot, couldn't resist!!) Stan.

 

[Escott]

Uh, ok Stan, I guess...

 

[stan chapman]

I meant mucking out the kennels...more or less. Stan.

 

[Everett]

To all shrimp farmers or salt water shrimp harvesters: Our firm will purchase all the shrimp you can produce, given our requirements, via letter of credit Miami.
We have firm contracts with Wild Oats Market, Whole Foods Market and Sysco.
We prefer organic and will pay a bit more for that.
We will provide credit references via our MIA bank and letters of introduction from our purchasers.
Full or half containers only although we have the expertise to consolidate shipments.
We ship frozen.
We have many years of experience in seafood sales in the US.
We are also interested in: most filleted seafood especially: dorado; tuna; sardine.
We have some interest in fresh congrejo but the market is minimal.
Lobster is a priority.
Langostino, if they exist, are a priotity.
We will pay a finders fee but prefer to work with principals.
We test all products especially for viral infection.
We despair of poorly maintained ecologically disastrous farming methods and will defer purchase from such entities.
We pay fair trade.
Please respond to: magic.christian@gmail.com for an immediate and confidential reply.
To potential shrimp and tilapia or other fish farmers we can offer advice as to correct organic and natural methods, feeds and eco-proper aquaculture which will increase the value of your product.

 

[GringoCArlos]

I met a dominican shrimp farmer, and toured his farm operation. After listening to his experiences in aquaculture , growing both fish and shrimp, the biggest problem in shrimp farming in the DR is NOT the land, and NOT the smell from living near it.

IT"S KEEPING THE NEIGHBORING DOMINICANOS FROM SNEAKING IN AND STEALING YOUR SHRIMP!!

He said that in 10 minutes with a net, they can make off with 10,000 pesos worth of shrimps, and that neither he, nor 6 big ugly dogs, nor the watchymen he had hired nor the fences he built could manage to keep the thieves out of his ponds. And his ponds were about 1 km from the nearest roadway.

 

[bi_coastal]

Actually, the shrimp biz is doing very well. I have a friend who has expanded to a second farm. The problem is selling the shrimp takes a lot of face to face selling to the big hotels who are very hesitant to change their suppliers for a newbie. It takes a long time for businesses to change suppliers here. Also, Taiwan is going into this business in a big way with new shrimp farms in Costanza. These farms will freeze their produce and send back to Taiwan. The local market I think is pretty much covered. So the tough part will be selling into the large resorts who are all currently well supplied by existing businesses.