Omarsa Group started in the shrimp business in February 1977, when Don Arturo Vanoni Fernandez acquired the first 250 hectares of land in the island Chupadores Grande in Ecuador intended for shrimp farming.
Omarsa’s Processing Plant was founded in 1982 under the name “Cachugran” with the vision to integrate the productive phase of shrimp with the commercial phase, thus enabling the marketing of our farmed shrimp to the different international markets. Today, after more than four decades and having passed the crisis of the white spot (1999-2001) Omarsa continues to operate as an integrated company, maintaining in our structure two hatcheries, three shrimp farms that in total sum about 5,700 hectares in production and two processing plants.
Based on our strict policy of quality control and principles of environmental preservation, Omarsa has achieved high standards that guarantee a top-quality shrimp, ensuring long-term sustainability.
Our dedication to providing the best sustainable products in these 47 years has positioned us among the top 2 exporters of shrimp in Ecuador with a broad diversification of markets successfully processing shrimp as head-on, head-less and value-added.
In Omarsa we are aware that our best asset is our human resource, which is key in our development and success. Shrimp processing and packing is mainly a manual work.
Since 2012 we have won prizes and mentions at PremioeXpor, the highest recognition that the Ecuadorian exporters are given annually. The awards recognizes our diversification, high quality standards and increase & sustainability of employment.
Our aim is to deliver the true sustainable shrimp worldwide being environmental and socially responsible, focusing on food safety, animal welfare and traceability.