2023-06-22 21:05:00
Some five tons of frozen rainbow trout were exported from Neuquén to the United States through the Ezeiza airport, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Nation, which described it as “a milestone for the Argentine aquaculture industry«.
These are fish originating from lThe aquaculture plant of Piedra del Águila, a venture in the province of Neuquén that is concessioned to a private company.
As indicated by the national portfolio, it is intended to promote the activity in the country where it is carried out in 14 provinces, with another 5 in the process of joining. In the last two and a half years, this industry has experienced a notable increase in its production volume. and in the expansion of their markets.
He added that during 2022, exports grew significantly, and it is expected that in the coming years more than 100,000 tons of production will be reached, adding to the fish production the cultivation of shellfish, such as mussels in southern Patagonia, which will soon celebrate its first harvest.
Carlos Liberman, Undersecretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture, expressed his satisfaction with this new achievement in the development of Argentine aquaculture. He stressed that hard work has been done since 2020 to promote and expand this activity, and he celebrated the fact that a promising complementary scenario to fishing is now in sight.generating foreign exchange and employment in the country.
Guillermo Abdala, National Director of Aquaculture, attributes this success to the joint work between the provinces, municipalities, universities and the permanent collaboration of institutions such as Senasa, INTA, INIDEP, INTI and AMBIENTE.
The fish processing plant in Piedra del Águila has almost 1,000 square meters of covered area, offers services of slaughter, gutting, filleting and maintenance of frozen merchandise. The plant currently employs 200 workers, mostly women.
The plant exports to the United States and Canada, via Ezeiza, and sIt manages that shipments can be made from the Presidente Juan Domingo Perón airport in the provincial capital.
The venture is giving concessions to the companyto Chilean Idris Patagonia-Andean Sea and according to the Neuquén government, it currently has a production of 3,000 tons of fish.
Governor Omar Gutiérrez on a recent visit to theThe plant highlighted the added value of this product, taking into account that a large part of the inputs used in the preparation and export of the products, for example, containers and other components are manufactured in the province.
Regarding the use of the capital airport, He said that it is planned to do so for October, from the incorporation of machinery and obtaining the corresponding authorizations from Customs, in Centenario, and from Senasa.
The owner of the company Eduardo Kripeos He explained that with a project that was born from the SME Center, he connected with Lucas Maglio and “we proposed a challenging project, which was to produce trout in the Piedra del Águila reservoir. We have already walked halfway; We have been producing 3,000 tons for five years”.
What happened to the super trout?
The Piedra del Águila plant began with a fattening project for bigger fish to be able to conquer the foreign market but it remained in the attempt due to the apparent barriers that were placed on the importation of eggs from Denmark.
The inconvenience was reflected in a request for information that the deputy Karina Montecinos (CC-ARI) presented to the National Service for Agro-Food Health and Quality (SENASA). to authorize the importation of trout eggs from Denmark to be used in the plaPiedra de Águila fish processing plant.
It does so by noting in its foundations that the project provides for the development of a super trout that can compete with salmonids in the market.
The legislator clarified that this variety is obtained from ovas (embryonated eggs) from Denmark (leaders in controlled genetics) as it has a type of genetics that accelerates the growth process and reduces parenting time.
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