The federal government will cede the use of waters under the control of the federal government – including the sea and hydroelectric dams – to aquaculture activities, according to the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic, citing a bid published on Tuesday. in the Official Gazette (DOU).
According to the portfolio, 48 areas will be offered at auctions scheduled for October in the states of Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Piauí, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. produce about 31 thousand tons of fish per year, with an estimated generation of employment close to 1,5 thousand between direct and indirect.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.