Aquaculture developments in Brazil towards sanitary management is aimed for 2021
Caio Alves
Published 2020년 12월 19일
Technicians working in the animal health segment in different parts of Brazil have been looking at the main health challenges faced by the fish industry in the country for just over a month. The group is part of the Health Committee, created by the Brazilian Association of Pisciculture (Peixe BR), with the aim of regularizing good sanitary management practices and, consequently, bringing more safety to the producer and the consumer. Fundamentaly discussed to provide food security, by preventing disease incurrances and set new horizons for Brazilian farmers.
The committee coordinator, Luiz Eduardo Conte, explains that a specific issue, the identification of a virus on a farm in the region of Goiás, in mid-August, ended up accelerating the need to create an organized group to think about actions related to animal health with the purpose to provide the growth of the sector.
A veterinarian that has been working with biosecurity for 15 years in the aquaculture sector, advised small, medium and large producers need to set a methodology pattern that meets the entire sector in order to curb the issue.
The committee chamber, was divided into six working groups so that each one can focus on a specific agenda, discuss best management practices and prepare technical documents, which will be released to producers and agencies.
National Aquaculture Security Program
One of the main goals of the committee is to assist the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA) in the implementation of the National Aquaculture Security Program, taking advantage of the specialized knowledge of those working in the sector. "There is already [a health program] in a very solid way for pigs, cattle, but not for farmed fish", argues the executive president of Peixe BR.
The initiative should also contribute to the export of fish, since the international market, according to him, is very demanding in regards to health issues. The main subject of such agenda is tilapia, of which it is growing exports from the country.
Peixe BR's expectation is that the National Aquaculture Security Program will be fully implemented in 2021, as it still depends on federal government agreements with state agencies and training of civil servants in the states.
The committee coordinator, Luiz Eduardo Conte, explains that a specific issue, the identification of a virus on a farm in the region of Goiás, in mid-August, ended up accelerating the need to create an organized group to think about actions related to animal health with the purpose to provide the growth of the sector.
A veterinarian that has been working with biosecurity for 15 years in the aquaculture sector, advised small, medium and large producers need to set a methodology pattern that meets the entire sector in order to curb the issue.
The committee chamber, was divided into six working groups so that each one can focus on a specific agenda, discuss best management practices and prepare technical documents, which will be released to producers and agencies.
National Aquaculture Security Program
One of the main goals of the committee is to assist the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA) in the implementation of the National Aquaculture Security Program, taking advantage of the specialized knowledge of those working in the sector. "There is already [a health program] in a very solid way for pigs, cattle, but not for farmed fish", argues the executive president of Peixe BR.
The initiative should also contribute to the export of fish, since the international market, according to him, is very demanding in regards to health issues. The main subject of such agenda is tilapia, of which it is growing exports from the country.
Peixe BR's expectation is that the National Aquaculture Security Program will be fully implemented in 2021, as it still depends on federal government agreements with state agencies and training of civil servants in the states.
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