Brazil-Norway

Round-Table on Oceans

Dec 14, 2017

Fisheries and Aquaculture

Eric Arthur Bastos Routledge Research and Development Deputy

Embrapa Fisheries and Aquaculture - Brazil

Summary

• Brazilian aquaculture overview;

• Growth and diversification potential;

• Challenges;

• Policies, government and industry;

• Opportunities;

• BRA-NOR: cooperation history and potential.

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Aquaculture overview in Brazil

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18%

Inland aquaculture

MaricultureMain species

• White legged

shrimp (14%)

(L.vannamei)

• Pacific oyster

(C. gigas) +

Brown mussel

(P.perna) (4%)

Only exotics spp!!!

Main species

• Tilapia (42%) (O. niloticus)

≠’s strains (Thai/Chitralada/

Gift)

• Tambaqui (29%)

(C. macropomum)

• Tambacu and tambatinga

(9%) (hybrids)

• Carps (4%) (≠’s spp.)

• Spotted catfish (4%)

(Psedoplatystoma spp.)

• Others(12%)

Most native spp!!! Source: IBGE, 2014

Aquaculture overview in Brazil

Source: IBGE, 2013; Pictures from internet

1st Tambaqui 2nd Tambacu and Tambatinga (hybrids)

3rd Surubim (and hybrids) 4th Pacu

5th Matrinxã 6th Pirapitinga 7th Piau – Brycon spp

Main aquaculture species in Brazil

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Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum)

White legged shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)

Tambacu, Tambatinga (Colossoma hybrids)

Oysters, scallops and mussels (Crassostrea sp., Nodipecten…

Carps (Cyprinus carpio)

Spotted catfish hybrids (Pseudoplatystoma spp.)

Pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus)

Pirarucu (Arapaima gigas)

Matrinxã (Brycon amazonicus)

Pirapitinga (Piaractus brachypomus)

Piau and others (Leporinus spp.)

Other species

Curimatã (Prochilodus lineatus)

Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Traíra (Hoplias malabaricus)

Lambari (Astyanax spp.)

Piabanha (Other Brycon sp.)

Peacock bass (Cichla ocellaris)

Dourado (Salminus brasiliensis)

28 species and 8 hybrids

(≈5 exotics vs 23 natives)

Source: IBGE, 2015

High diversification!!!

Mainly freshwater

fishes

Main aquaculture species in Brazil

Growth and diversification potential

• 8000 Km of marine

coast - 4.3 million

km² of Economical

Exclusive Zone

• Estuarine areas (2.5

million hectares)

• 12% of total world

fresh water

• 219 hydroelectric

reservoirs with 3.14

million hectares of

water

Source: MPA

Source: Internet

Source: Eric Routledge

Growth and diversification potential

production systems

Source: Internet and personal files

Growth and diversification potential

production systems

Source: Internet and personal files

Growth and diversification potential

production systems

MSc. 11

DSc. 7

Total: 18

Source: CAPES (2016)

• Number of formal graduate

courses increased

• Most courses concentrated

in southern / northeast states

• Few institutions in northern

and midwestern regions,

where aquaculture growth

has taken place in recent

years

• Mutual interest for BRA-

NOR R&D exchange and

capacity building Elaborated: Weber (2016)

Challenges

Technology, expertise and R&D institutions

Challenges

Climate change facts in Brazilian aquaculture

Tilapia cage farms in

SP, MG and CE

2014/15/16

2004 till 2011:

RN Shrimp

farms flooded 5

times

Red tides in SC

2008/16

Longer dry season

at main reservoirs

Source: Internet

Policies, government and industry

• Complex legislation

• Environmental agencies

exercise pressures that

inhibit/restrict production

• Lack of long-term policies have

restricted investments

• Technology required to develop

new species and improve

farming operations – takes time,

can business wait?

• NOR expertise in aquaculture

planning and policies

• Concerns and restrictions:

Source: MPA

• BRA re-think production

systems - face production risk

• NOR: RAS - Recirculation

Aquaculture Systems/

automation/equipments

• IMTA: Multitrophic culture

(integration of seaweed,

bivalves and fish)

• Disease control and

biosecurity to support

sustainability? – NOR

knowhow and experience

• BRA Production systems can benefit from NOR experience?

Source: Internet

Policies, government and industry

Brazilian-Norwegian cooperation

• 2009: Aquanor (Trondheim, Norway) – MPA mission;

• 2010: Aquapesca (Itajaí, Brazil) – MoU Embrapa and Nofima;

• 2011: WAS Conference (Natal-RN, Brazil) - Aquanor (Trondheim,

Norway): Embrapa/Nofima joint research proposal for Tambaqui;

• 2014: Nofima submitted “Tambaqui Case” proposal to

LATINAMERIKA call – Norwegian Research Council – not approved;

• 2016: EAS Conference (Edinburgh-UK) – Nofima restarted talks with

Embrapa;

• 2017: Talks with SINTEF and Nofima: invitation participate in a

research consortium to apply Horizon 2020 Blue Growth call 2018-

2019.

• Huge aquatic biodiversity still to be investigated to

develop aquaculture potential in BRAzil

• Tilapia and shrimp in BRAzil is enabling aquaculture

diversification and attracting new investors

• Marine fish farming is almost inexistent: All BRAzilian

coast available for industry development - NOR industry

interest?, No?, Why?

• NOR Aqua feed industry can benefit from BRAzilian crops

and other feedstuffs and ingredients

Brazilian-Norwegian potential for

cooperation

• NORwegian aquaculture technology can be apllied to

Brazil main aquaculture industry – tilapia;

• Tilapia and tambaqui BRAzilian farmers may be potential

NORwegian partners in aquaculture diversification to

develop brazilian marine fishfarming;

• Encourage investment and technology transfer for

aquaculture development, great opportunities for

NORwegian industry suppliers;

• Innovation Norway, NRC and FINEP call for R&D projects

in aquaculture (including mobility): set as a priority

Brazilian-Norwegian potential for

cooperation

Thank you!

eric.routledge@embrapa.br