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Discussion
BILIO: The statistics from all types ofbrackishwater
aquaculture need to be closely examined.
CSAVAS: The distinction between marine and
brackishwater aquaculture is vague; for example,
milkfish production comes from both marine and
brackishwater. The distinction should really be
between freshwater and coastal aquaculture.
BILIO: This distinction is not ideal but it is much
better.EDWARDS: The paper draws attention to the low
level of aquaculture development in general, even in
Asia. This could be easily seen from comparison of
pmtein and energy(ca1orie) production of aquaculture
and agriculture for human food.PULLIN: On statistics, I believe that FA0 is now
planningto separate statistics forhatchery and gmwout
operations and forthe former to differentiate between
hatcheryoperations used to stock open waters once or
infrequently (in which case these statistics would be
maaideredpart ofculture-basedorenhanced fisheries)
or frequently, in which case the hatchery operations
areclassified as aquaculture production. Is this correct?
If so, will it work?MART~NEZ-ESPINOSA: Using such a modified
definitionof aquaculture, about half the current Latin
American aquaculture production would disappear
and be considered as culture-based fisheries. For
Cuba it would be almost 100%. The questions of
ownership are important. The treatment of hatchery
data needs more discussion. This is a very important
point for Latin America.