In 2024 Brazil conquered a new record: with almost one million tons of breeding fishhas passed Chile becoming the largest fish producer of the Americas.
According to the data published by the Portal Incase Rural, the primacy derives mainly from the production of Tilapiaa tropical fish bred so intensive It is increasingly in the center of the global food industry, but also by the growth of native species such as Tambaqui and Pintado.
The goal declared by the Brazilian government and the companies is ambitious: become a world superpower of Pisciculture by 2040counting on private capital and advanced technologies to increase productivity and commercial penetration.
But at what price?
Behind record numbers of the genre, we know it well, always hides a reverse of the medal. This sad primacy of Brazil cannot fail to have some serious environmental criticalities:
In summary, the race for leadership in the global breeding fish market may appear as an economic success, but it is a false step from an environmental point of viewif not accompanied by rigid checks, traceability and real sustainability.
In a world where the overproduction of animal proteins It is among the main factors of climate change and the water crisis, the milestone of Brazil in Pisciculture is not a medal to be slapped, but an alarm bell.
When a new idea of progress, that put the planet at the centerbefore it’s too late?
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