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Tuesday, April 5, 2022
AquaChile divests tilapia operations in Costa Rica
Chile's largest salmon farmer, AquaChile, has completed the divestiture of its tilapia operations in Costa Rica, selling its subsidiary Grupo ACI to Costa Rica's AquaFoods Group for US$6 million, AquaChile chief executive officer Sady Delga ...
Tuesday, November 2, 2021
Regal Springs Tilapia world's first tilapia producer to use traceability integrating with BAP certification systems
Regal Springs Tilapia is the world's first tilapia producer to use traceability that integrates directly with the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification systems, Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) announced last month.
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Roslin: DNA region linked to disease resistance in tilapia
A specific region in the genome of Nile tilapia - a key aquaculture species that is worth nearly $10 billion globally - has a major effect on mortality levels during an outbreak of Tilapia Lake Virus (TiLV), a study led by the Roslin Instit ...
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Major tilapia producer in Africa enters partnership to develop high-performance tilapia
Africa's biggest tilapia producer, FirstWave Group, has signed a partnership agreement with Xelect to create local high-performance tilapia breeds, The Fish Site reported early this month.
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
GenoMar Genetics announces new tilapia breeding centre in Brazil
GenoMar Genetics Group, a tilapia genetic product distributor, has announced the construction of a tilapia breeding and genetics centre in Tocantins state, Brazil, Fish Information & Services reported.
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Ghana's aquaculture industry calls for ban of illegal tilapia and fingerling imports
November 26, 2019 Ghana's aquaculture industry calls for ban of illegal tilapia and fingerling imports Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD) has been urged by the Ghana Aquaculture Stakeholders (GAS) to stop imports of t ...
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Species-specific marker discovery in tilapia
Tilapias (family Cichlidae) are of importance in aquaculture and fisheries. Hybridisation and introgression are common within tilapia genera but are difficult to analyse due to limited numbers of species-specific genetic markers.
Monday, October 21, 2019
Dutch retailer introduces blockchain solution for tilapia supply chain
October 21, 2019 Dutch retailer introduces blockchain solution for tilapia supply chain Dutch retailer Jumbo has introduced a new blockchain solution for its tilapia supply chain, where customers can follow the journey that their seafood ma ...
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Digestibility of insect meals for Nile Tilapia fingerlings
Insects are a valuable source of nutrients for fish, but little is known about their nutritional value for Nile tilapia fingerlings. To evaluate the nutritional value and energy apparent digestibility coecient (ADC) of five insects for Nil ...
Thursday, August 8, 2019
How Brazil became a leading tilapia producer
Tilapia farming in Brazil has recorded a solid growth through the years, with its share in the global tilapia aquaculture production increasing from 1.9% in 1997 to 4.9% in 2017, making it the fifth-largest farmed tilapia producer among the ...
Monday, July 8, 2019
Skretting launches Protec functional diet for tilapia
July 8, 2019 Skretting launches Protec functional diet for tilapia Skretting has launched Protec, a new functional diet specially designed to help support tilapia and enhance their ability to cope during challenging situations, including ho ...
Monday, June 17, 2019
Effects of a phytogenic, alone and associated with potassium diformate, on tilapia growth, immunity, gut microbiome and resistance against francisellosis
This work evaluated the effects of dietary supplementation of A-Live (phytogenic) either individually or in combination with Aquaform (potassium diformate, acidifier) on juvenile Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) growth performance, inna ...
Friday, May 17, 2019
'Tilapia sales to US to decline further in 2019'
Tilapia's popularity in the US continues to decline as it is set to take another hit with the current 10% tariff on Chinese-origin fish raised to 25% as announced.
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Towards sustainable aquafeeds: Evaluating substitution of fishmeal with lipid-extracted microalgal co-product (Nannochloropsis oculata) in diets of juvenile Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
Microalgae companies increasingly seek markets for defatted biomass that is left over after extracting omega-3 rich oil for human nutraceuticals and crude oil for fuels. Such a protein-rich co-product is a promising alternative to unsustain ...
Saturday, February 2, 2019
Tilapia undergoes genetic improvements in Philippines
Tilapia farming has come a long way in the Philippines since its introduction into the country from Mozambique in the 1950s. Today, the fish has become one of the richest, most widely available sources of protein in the Filipino diet, as pe ...

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