Current scenario and perspectives of tilapia farming in the Pará State in view of the new legislation of the activity

Authors

  • Leonilton Rodrigues Barbosa da Silva Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA)
  • Marcos Ferreira Brabo Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8179-9886
  • Mayara da Costa Pereira Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA)
  • Cyntia Meireles Martins Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5695-8504
  • Marcos Antônio Souza dos Santos Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA) http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1028-1515
  • Breno Gustavo Bezerra Costa Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA)
  • Kátia Cristina de Araújo Silva Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v56i0.72881

Keywords:

fish farming, Pará state, exotic species, legislation, Oreochromis niloticus

Abstract

New legislation for the use of exotic species in aquaculture in the Pará State was established by COEMA Resolution n° 143 of December 20, 2018. This legal rule influences mainly the producers of tilapia Oreochromis spp., which since the publication of the State Law n° 6,713 of January 25, 2005, could not regularize their initiatives before the environmental agencies. The objective of this study was to present the current scenario of tilapia farming in the Pará State, as well as to discuss the production modalities adopted commercially and to analyze their prospects of regularization because of the new legislation. Data on the number of tilápia farming, production, and production value were obtained from IBGE. The characterization of the production modalities took place through field observations and interviews with fish farmers in December 2019, contemplating initiatives of farming in ponds, net cages, and suspended tanks in the biofloc system. The information obtained was confronted with the requirements of the new legislation and analyzed the possibility of regularization. According to data from the 2017 Census Agriculture, there 3,089 tilapia farming initiatives distributed in 124 cities from Pará, with the largest concentration occurring in the Tocantins-Araguaia, Amazônica, and Atlântico Nordeste Occidental hydrographic regions, respectively. It was found that the production of tilapia in the Pará State was 262.8 tons in 2018, which corresponded to 2% of the state total and a production value of R$ 2.5 million. Among the analyzed modalities, only the suspended tanks in the biofloc system presented technical viability to meet the requirements of the new legislation. It was concluded that tilapia farming is incipient in amount and production techniques and that the new legislation differs from the regulations used in states contained in the same hydrographic reality.

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Published

2021-05-27

How to Cite

da Silva, L. R. B., Brabo, M. F., Pereira, M. da C., Martins, C. M., dos Santos, M. A. S., Costa, B. G. B., & Silva, K. C. de A. (2021). Current scenario and perspectives of tilapia farming in the Pará State in view of the new legislation of the activity. Desenvolvimento E Meio Ambiente, 56. https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v56i0.72881

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Vol. 56 (2021)

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