COPESCAL Occasional Paper No. 6

COPESCAL Occasional Paper No. 6         COPESCAL/OP6

A STRATEGY FOR AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT IN LATIN AMERICA

By

L. Loria
Director
GCP/RLA/075/ITA (AQUILA)

and

M. Martinez Espinosa
Fishery Resources Officer (Aquaculture)
Fishery Resources and Environment Division

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
ROME, February 1991

CONTENTS
The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

PREPARATION OF THIS PAPER

This paper is a follow-up to the regional technical meeting on aquaculture planning (Caracas 8–12 May 1989) and to the conclusions of subsequent discussions held in various countries of the region within the framework of project TCP/RLA/0053. It sets out to provide continuity to the activities of the FAO/Italy Regional Project (AQUILA) in preparation for its second phase.

The paper was prepared in collaboration with Mr A. Freddi, expert for the AQUILA project, and was submitted for the consideration of representatives of the DDC, FIR, FII, FIP and FID, which are all services within FAO.




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Loria, L.; Martinez Espinosa, M.
A Strategy for Aquaculture Development in Latin America.
COPESCAL Occasional Paper. No. 6. Rome, FAO. 1991. 38p.
ABSTRACT
The technological and economic characteristics of aquaculture offer potential to contribute to overcome the social and economic problems of developing countries. Aquaculture has become increasingly important during the past 20 years in Latin America and the Caribbean and in some cases has extended beyond the experimental and pilot phase, though much remains to be done before its considerable potential can be fully exploited. The paper provides an overview of the current and future aquaculture situation, on the basis of sectoral studies conducted by the AQUILA Regional Project (FAO-Italy), and presents a series of guidelines for the formulation and execution of national aquaculture development plans. The economic and financial restrictions that are common to all the countries of the region and their differences and similarities suggest the need to establish an intra-regional cooperation system for aquaculture development. With this in mind, the paper outlines a tentative management mechanism for such a system, which could be placed under the control of a, possibly existing, inter-governmental organization. This organization would also be responsible for coordinating the external cooperation.

CONTENTS

I.        INTRODUCTION

II.      EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

III.    JUSTIFICATION AND OBJECTIVES

IV.    PRESENT AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF AQUACULTURE IN LATIN AMERICA

•     Introduction

•     Aquaculture for restocking

•     Freshwater prawn

•     Marine shrimp

•     Mariculture

V.     GUIDELINES FOR NATIONAL POLICIES

•     Policy formulation and implementation instruments

•     Technology development and human resource training

•     Inputs

•     Processing and marketing

VI.    A REGIONAL STRATEGY

•     Intra-regional cooperation

•     External cooperation

•     The role of FAO

APPENDIX 1: THE AQUILA PROJECT

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