Economic feasibility of fingerlings production of rheophilic species in a fish farm in Eastern Amazon

Authors

  • Marcos Ferreira BRABO Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), Instituto de Estudos Costeiros (IECOS), Campus de Bragança
  • Mauro Henrique Dias REIS Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), Instituto de Estudos Costeiros (IECOS), Campus de Bragança
  • Galileu Crovatto VERAS Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), Instituto de Estudos Costeiros (IECOS), Campus de Bragança http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9975-830X (unauthenticated)
  • Márcio José Macedo da SILVA Secretaria de Estado de Pesca e Aquicultura do Pará (SEPAq)
  • Alex da Silva Lobão de SOUZA Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Pará (IFPA)
  • Raimundo Aderson Lobão de SOUZA Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA), Instituto Sócio Ambiental e de Recursos H-­­dricos (ISARH)

Keywords:

Colossoma macropomum, Prochilodus lineatus, Leporinus microcephalus, induced spawning economic indicators

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the economic feasibility of fingerlings production of rheophilic species in a fish farm in northeast of Pará State. The operating cost structure and economic viability indicators were used to evaluate the fingerlings production of tambaqui, curimatã and piauçu in Fish Farm Station Orion Nina Ribeiro, located in Terra Alta city. The implementation cost of the project was estimated in R$ 211,029.00, effective operational cost, in R$ 239,174.25 and total operating cost per thousand fingerlings, in R$ 118.23. The annual gross revenue was R$ 318,600.00 and monthly operating income was R$ 5,623.27. There were obtained an internal return rate of 38%, net present value of R$ 509,921.71, cost benefit of R$ 1.33 and payback period of 2.6 years. It can be concluded that the production of fingerlings of rheophilic species in northeast of Pará State is an investment economically viable, with attractive profitability indicators.

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Published

2018-07-18

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 3 (2015): BOLETIM DO INSTITUTO DE PESCA

Section

Short Communication

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