WWW.WAS.ORG • WORLD AQUACULTURE • JUNE 2024 35 the primary production level, and others such as HACCP, BRCGS Food Safety Global Standard, Food Safety System Certification (FSSC- 22000) at the processing plant level. This has not only favored the improvement of programs and procedures in terms of sanitary, environmental, productive and social management in farms, but has also radiated to the supply and value chains, including certification of balanced feed in BAP and GlobalGAP, generation of specific jobs related to quality control, and suppliers, as well as laboratory testing for sanitary diagnoses and water analyses, and implementation of biosafety systems and continuous improvement programs. This particularity of integrated management of production systems made it possible to mitigate the sanitary impact of Streptococcosis and to ensure that the producers’ response was as appropriate as possible, as well as to collaborate with public and private entities to address the situation. Taking into account the above, and in order to strengthen the productive activity, since 2023, the MADR and the Rural Agricultural Planning Unit (UPRA) have been working on the Aquaculture Productive Management Plan, with emphasis on products for human consumption. This plan is expected to define the route to follow over the next 20 years to consolidate aquaculture as an activity of relevance within the agricultural sector. This instrument will also establish the strategies, programs and goals for Colombian aquaculture production in different aspects including sanitary, productive, technological, logistical and environmental management, involving related entities from the guilds and the productive sector, as well as those responsible for promotion, agricultural extension and research. Aquaculture in Colombia has proven to be a resilient activity that, through cooperation between private and public entities, has had the capacity to face challenging situations and overcome health, climate, social and trade adversities that have put aquaculture production to the test. Notes (Editor’s note: LAQUA ’24 will take place in Medellin, Colombia September 24-27. See details on page 11 of this issue.) A.C. Piza-Jerez, National Technical Coordinator, Colombian Federation of Aquaculture Farmers (Fedeacua), coordinaciontecnica@fedeacua.org Aquaculture in Colombia has proven to be a resilient activity that, through cooperation between private and public entities, has had the capacity to face challenging situations and overcome health, climate, social and trade adversities that have put aquaculture production to the test.
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