(vasep.com.vn) The Tilapia Center of Research Institute For Aquaculture No.1 (RIA1) under Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development exported 20,000 NOVIT 4 - strain tilapia broodstocks to South America with the price of US$12/piece.The center is expanding the export markets for the coming years.

(vasep.com.vn) The Tilapia Center of Research Institute For Aquaculture No.1 (RIA1) under Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development exported 20,000 NOVIT 4 - strain tilapia broodstocks to South America with the price of US$12/piece.

(vasep.com.vn) In the context of many difficulties in pangasius farming, the diversification of other farmed aquatic species is needed to keep business. Tilapia is considered as a potential fish for export.

Colombian tilapia producer Aquabest Seafoods has received Aquaculture Stewardship Certification (ASC) for its farm C.I. Piscicola Botero S.A located in Neiva.

It’s a new age in whitefish pricing. At just over $4 a pound for fresh fillets, tilapia is holding the ceiling for all $2.50 to $4.50 range whitefish, and cod is far from it, but it wasn’t long ago that cod and tilapia were priced relatively similarly.

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Strong prices are driving Chinese tilapia farmers to harvest their fish early, causing a short supply of the larger sizes and a higher proportion of 300-500 gram fish, said industry players. Farmers are harvesting their fish as soon as possible, in part as they fear a drop in price ahead, said Landy Chow, the China representative for the exporter Siam Canadian Group.

R.H. Ward’s (Welton) tilapia farm, The Fish Company, in the United Kingdom is Europe’s first tilapia farm to attain Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification, the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) announced at Seafood Expo Global in Brussels, Belgium, on 6 May. It’s also the United Kingdom’s first aquaculture farm to achieve the distinction.

Worldwide tilapia production exceeded more than 4.2 million metric tons in 2012, a 6 percent increase from 2011, but experts say by 2014 it will exceed 4.5 million as demand continues to grow.

Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certified responsibly farmed tilapia was in the spotlight during a visit to tilapia farm, Trapia Malaysia, last week.

Raw material prices for tilapia out of China have dropped faster than some expected. Prices this week for 500-800 gram live tilapia have fallen to RMB 9.80 per kilo, said Landy Chow of Siam Canadian China.

(vasep.com.vn) Dong Thap province's Agriculture Extension Centre is introducing the farming model of red tilapia under GlobalGap standard for 20 households who own over 50 farming cages.

(vasep.com.vn) Dong Thap province's Agriculture Extension Centre is introducing the farming model of red tilapia under GlobalGap standard for 20 households who own over 50 farming cages.

Jeanine Stewart of Undercurrent News reports that Ecuador producers are scrambling to grow more shrimp, with some of them converting tilapia capacity.

The value of tilapia coming into the United States fell 10.8 percent overall from January to April 2013 compared to the same time last year, according to statistics released by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).