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The aim of this presentation is to demonstrate the interactions and potentialities that exist between the largest forest in the world and its immense natural capacity to produce fish. The Amazon Rain Forest is world famous for its beauty and majesty. Mythical place, is home to half of the world's remaining tropical forests in an area equivalent to half of the European continent. Its rivers and lakes present an enormous productivity of fishes that naturally inhabit the world´s largest hydrographic basin. Because of that, Amazon Rain Forest is one of the main hotspots for the world production of aquatic food, but it still needs to be explored and conquered. What is the productive capacity of the Amazon fisheries resources? How can this productivity contribute to the global fish market? How is aquaculture done in Amazon? What are the Amazonian species with the greatest potential for aquaculture? What are the prospects for the cultivation of exotic species (such as Tilapia and Pangasius) in Amazon Hydrographic Basin?
