📋 Tender Overview
Planning Office: Technical Cooperation
Project Name: Paraguayan Platypus Commercial Production Project
Project status: Project in progress
Cooperating countries: South America, Paraguay
Plan contents:
Platyfish (formal name: striped duckbill catfish, scientific name: Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum), large rabbit-billed carp (scientific name: Leporinus spp), Paraná salmon (formal name: Chinook carp, scientific name:) in the natural rivers of Paraguay Brycon orbignyanus) are all fish species with high economic value. They have been reduced due to overfishing in recent years, and Paraná salmon is almost facing an extinction crisis. Since the Republic of China in 1999, the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry of Brazil and the Taiwanese Technical Mission have jointly promoted the breeding of freshwater fish in Brazil. Over the past few years, they have achieved remarkable results in the breeding programs of tilapia, freshwater white pomfret and duckbill fish. The achievements have been recognized by the government and the public in Pakistan; therefore, based on existing cooperation, Pakistan hopes to expand domestic aquaculture industry opportunities and achieve the purpose of diversifying breeding. It is proposed to use hybrid genetic technology to improve the survival rate and reduce the residual food characteristics of platypus, a highly economical species native to the local area, so as to achieve the purpose of commercial breeding. At the same time, feasibility technology development is carried out in response to the needs of the Brazilian government and farmers for diversified farming species, such as Paraná salmon, large rabbit fat carp, and freshwater shrimp (official name: freshwater long-armed prawn, scientific name: Macrobrachium rosenbergii). The relevant work content of this project is as follows: 1. Establishing a commercial duckbill fish farming model; 2. Development of technology for the diversity of cultured species; 3. Guidance on sustainable diversified farming models for commercial production.
Execution period (starting): 2023-01-01
Execution period (so far): 2026-12-31
Project goals:
1. Establish a commercial duckbill fish farming model; breed 600,000 fry of optimized duckbill species; 2. Develop technology for diversity of cultured species; produce 400,000 fry of large rabbit-billed carp for trial breeding guidance; Paraná River salmon Breeding fish and freshwater shrimp will be collected and bred for experimental research and their breeding process will be established. 3.
Provide guidance on sustainable and diversified breeding models for commercial production.
Execution unit:
Technical Mission in Paraguay / Aquaculture Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of the Republic of Paraguay / National University of Asuncion of the Republic of Paraguay
Current progress:
As of March 2013, important tasks have been completed as follows:
1. Produced more than 30,000 duck
