Malaysia develops salt-water tilapia

Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) has developed a tilapia species that can live in salt water.

The director of the Tropical Aquaculture Institute (Akuatrop), Professor Faizah Shaharom, said the success was achieved after more than two years of study.

"The salt water talapia fish tastes like sea water fish and does not smell of earth like the fresh water tilapia fish," Faizah said, noting that the salt water tilapia fish was bred in sea water.

According to her, UMT planned to carry out the breeding project on a large-scale soon.

As such, she also said companies that were keen to carry out the project were invited to implement it on a commercial scale.