Pangasi us Aquaculture in Mexico is an activity that can be strategically promoted to create jobs and food security for low-income families in states with potential; especially in cases that present problems of malnutrition and socioeconomic lags. This is strategic to fight against hunger and, due to the demand for inputs, it stimulates the internal market, therefore, it has a great social impact, due to its wide range of technologies and systems from backyard family units to highly technical and intensive commercials farms. Pangasius Aquaculture is profitable and a good rural business under certain conditions. Mexico, due to its physical, natural and social characteristics, as well as its geographical position has all necessary and sufficient conditions to have a world leadership in this sector. This activity shows the highest economic growth in the primary sector worldwide during the last 10 years. The objective of this essay is to analyze the impact, areas of opportunity that aquaculture has and its potential in Mexico.
Keywords: Pangasius, economic importance, areas of opportunity.