Mapa signs 166 water transfer contracts from the Union for aquaculture in Brazil

Until October of this year, the Secretariat of Aquaculture and Fisheries of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply signed 166 contracts for the assignment of use of physical space in bodies of water owned by the Union for aquaculture purposes. The goal was to conclude 140 contracts. The contracts signed have a production capacity of 101,555.86 tons/year, which should generate 10,000 new jobs in the aquaculture sector in Brazil, according to the Secretariat. Union waters are considered to be lakes, rivers and any water currents on lands under the Union's domain, or that bathe more than one unit of the Federation, serve as boundaries with other countries, or extend to or from foreign territory, as well as the territorial sea and the exclusive economic zone. Individuals or legal entities interested in producing fish, algae, molluscs or shrimp in Union waters are the individuals who can apply for this type of contract. The execution of land use assignment contracts in Union ...