Peru: Organic aquaculture, more yield and quality

Study of the Peruvian Amazon Research Institute (IIAP), explores between extracts, essential oils and probiotics methods of using immunostimulants to strengthen the health of Amazonian fish cultures and, consequently, their growth and fillet quality. Preliminary results indicate that in red-tailed shad improvements in their immunity and meat quality are obtained, while in paiche fish with greater resistance to bacterial and fungal affectations are found. It could be considered as organic fish farming, because the production is with zero chemicals. This is explained by the aquaculture fishery engineer, Christian Fernández Méndez, a specialist in fish larviculture research lines and physiology and a researcher at the IIAP. In the international market, there are up to three products of Brazilian origin that offer these natural inputs in an industrialized way, but in Peru, this research is one of the first in the use of plants to ...