Tilapia that have not been treated with hormones appear to be more robust against diseases such as tilapia lake virus, strengthening the argument to use males produced via more natural means.
The need to halt the decline of yield per fry was the central theme of a presentation on Mediterranean finfish hatcheries which was given by Isabel Represas at INVE’s customer seminar in Crete.
A Finnish start-up is aiming to make inroads in aquaculture with a new source of single-cell protein derived from sulphite pulp. It’s sustainable and competitive, but will it work?