FISH FARMING IN RONDÔNIA STATE

• State’s Area: 238,400 Km²
• 7 River Basins with 42 sub-Basins
  – Guaporé River Basin
  – Mamoré River Basin
  – Abunã River Basin
  – Madeira River Basin
  – Jamari River Basin
  – Machado River Basin
  – Roosevelt River Basin
  
• Hydro-capability: 16,000 m³/s (source: DNAEE/Orston, 1994)
• Rondônia: 1,000 ha, 10l/s/ha average = 1m³/s

FISH FARMING FIGURES IN RONDÔNIA

Production: 4-5 thousand tons per year *
Number of Producers: 800 *Área utilzada: 1.000 ha*
Area: 1,000 ha *
Main producing areas:

• ARIQUEMES
• CENTRO SUL
• PORTO VELHO
• VILHENA

FISH FARMING PROCESSING IN RONDÔNIA
There are processing plants duly certified (SIE and SIF) in five cities in the State with a total processing capability of 15 tons per day (2006).

FARMING FISH FROM THE AMAZON

• Extensive production systems in private, natural and hydroelectric plants artificial lakes with productivity of 500kg per hectare per year.
• Partly intensive production systems in dam hatcheries with productivity of 8 tons per hectare per cycle.
• Intensive production systems in derivative hatcheries with productivity of 8 to 12 tons per hectare per cycle.
• Hyper intensive production systems in net reservoirs with productivity of 50 to 60 tons per hectare per cycle.
• Partly intensive and intensive production of tambaqui in two annual cycles applying shoal of fish management which enables to double the productivity.
  

* 2006 estimate