Implantação de programa sanitário em fase inicial de criação de tilápias (Oreochromis niloticus): uma análise comparativa para avaliação da viabilidade econômica

Abstract

Aquaculture has become an agribusiness sector that has shown a significant representation, especially in recent years. Within aquaculture, fish farming stands out as the largest contributor to this sector, being present in most of the world and in 27 States of Brazil. The main species that contributes constantly to this growth is Tilapia, which, because of its peculiarities, dominates the preference of producers and consumers. To leverage production, like any other economic activity, monitoring and financial organization is necessary, as well as health and technological investments are fundamental to maintain the balance in the creation. These monitoring are even more necessary and important in the early stages of breeding (fingerlings and juveniles) because they are more susceptible to diseases and are at the base of the production chain. The objective of this study was to evaluate the viability of the implementation of an initial sanitary program in the creation of Tilapia, considering gross revenue (RB), operational results (RO), profitability index (IL) during 2014 , 2015 and 2016, at the AAT International property in Paulo Afonso in the State of Bahia, as well as to contextualize the national and world aquaculture. For the implementation of this program, a comparative analysis was carried out before and after this implementation and for the aquaculture landscape, a descriptive research was carried out, consulting the main databases. Therefore, it can be considered that the activities developed in this period, after being compared, attest to the economic feasibility of implementing the health program. As well as the panorama showed the significant evolution of the fish industry in Brazil and worldwide.