ASSESMENT OF THE COMMERCIAL VIABILITY OF THE TAMBAQUI Colossoma macropomum (CUVIER, 1818) OF 1.10 ± 0.10 KG AND THE YIELD OF ITS “FLATTED CUT”

• Autor(a) principal: Vieira Dantas Filho, Jerônimo
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: da Silva Francisco, Reginaldo, Bianchini Pontuschka, Rute, Lucena da Silva, Tiago, Borie Mojica, Alfredo Leandro, Vieira Alves Amaral, Rodrigo, Cavali, Jucilene
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Biota Amazônia
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unifap.br/index.php/biota/article/view/7111
• topic: juvenile tambaqui; production viability; tambaqui flatted; tambaqui market

In fish farming, obtaining the cost of production and its income is important for the fish farmer to take assertive measures, for greater profits. In this sense, the aimed of this study was to evaluate the commercial viability of producing of tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) to 1.10 ± 0.10 kg and the yield of its flatted cut. The production cost was calculated through data survey. The cost of sale was carried out through a price survey with commercial consulting companies and fish farmers associations in Rondônia state, Brazil. Yield data were collected from 40 fish weighing 1.10 ± 0.1 kg. The Shapiro-Wilk and Levene tests (α=0.05) were applied. Then, the Kruskal-Wallis and post-hoc tests (α=0.05) were applied R$ 3.67/kg is spent to produce the tambaqui to 1.10 ± 0.1 kg and its selling price by the producer is on average R$ 5.00/kg, representing a profit margin of R$ 1.33/kg. However, as for the yield of the flatted cut, it presented 51.1 % of residues and 22.0 % of carcass yield, this lower value from those obtained for other weight classes. Although the cultivation to 1.10 ± 0.1 kg tambaqui presents a high production cost, it presents positive economic viability both for the producer and for the processing industry. However, flatted cutting is a new market niche, and for this reason, its production technology is still not fully mastered, which tends to have a direct impact on yield. Keywords: juvenile tambaqui; production viability; tambaqui flatted; tambaqui market.