Brazil plans to up aquaculture production to 2 million metric tons from 480,000t by 2020, Agencia Senado reported.

The country's minister of fisheries and aquaculture, Helder Barbalho, said Brazil plans to regularize production in hydroelectric reservoirs, such as those in Tucurui or Itaipu.

"If we get the support of the states and unlock bureaucracy, we can reach the target," Barbalho said.

Farming output goals, however, face other obstacles such as granting environmental management and licensing as well as land regularization, Barbalho said.

The Brazilian government also wants to promote global paiche sales, as production of the species is growing in the northern region, said Acir Gurgacz, the chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture and Agrarian Reform (CRA).

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