Consultorias em piscicultura no Maranhão: o caso da Empresa Aquasoares Ltda.

Abstract

Today, fish farming is one of the fastest growing sectors in the world, mainly due to the high demand for food needed to meet the population's daily macronutrient targets. Since fish meat is an extremely nutritionally rich food with great added value, it is essential to know the best way to produce it and the main aspects that need to be observed when venturing into the fish production sector. For this to happen, it is often necessary to hire consultancy or mentoring services to help producers with knowledge and techniques that focus on avoiding production errors and maximizing profits. The main aim of this paper is to report on the experience and work carried out by the company Aquasoares Ltda, including advisory processes with fish farmers in the state of Maranhão, as a way of helping them to correctly carry out the activities necessary for successful farming. Among the activities that were carried out were technical and managerial assistance (ATeG) by the National Learning Service (SENAR) on fish farms, monitoring of management carried out on a property assisted by a private consultancy and monitoring of the environmental licensing process, which is vital for production. The internship lasted approximately 1 month and 24 days. During the technical assistance stage, around 24 producers of native fish from Maranhão were assisted, where it was possible to monitor activities aimed at cultivation, such as frying, biometrics and health and food management. In the second stage of the internship, it was possible to monitor the activities of a private consultancy hired by a farm in the state of Maranhão, where it was also possible to observe stocking practices, water quality analysis and calculations of the system's carrying capacity. The final stage consisted of monitoring the environmental licensing process of a property focused on the production of the species Pangasius bocourti, in fattening ponds, located in the rural area of the same state. After this experience, the importance of disseminating cultivation techniques and the work of fisheries engineering professionals in the daily life of national production is clear.