Tilapia / Cichlids

Efua Konyim Okai reports from James Camp Prison, Accra, on an aquaculture training initiative that is going to be rolled out across the country’s jails.

Every prison in Ghana is due to have its own fish farm as part of a governmental initiative that kicked off this week.

A growing number of fish farmers from across Africa are putting pressure on their governments to take action against imported Chinese tilapia.

Japan has offered Fiji grant funding worth $370,422 in order to boost tilapia production in the island nation.

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The Ghanaian government has announced plans to be more vigilant against imported tilapia, which are taking the blame for a spate of mortalities that has wiped out up to 80 per cent of the stocks at so…

Budget cuts, poaching and poor fish management practices have beset Zimbabwe’s flagship fisheries and aquaculture programme, only 19 months after its launch

A line of tilapia that has been gene edited will not be classified as a genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Argentina, according to a government advisory commission.

Fish farmers in Ghana are calling for government action to stem significant fish mortalities in Lake Volta – home to 90 per cent of the country’s aquaculture production.

Stocking farmed tilapia at high densities could be beneficial to their welfare and help safeguard against negative ecological consequences should they escape, according to new research.

Ainoo-Ansah Farms, in collaboration with the University of Stellenbosch of South Africa and the University of Cape Coast, Ghana is launching its first online course in aquaculture on 25 January.

In the face of rising production costs and limited land and water availability, Egyptian fish farmers are looking for new ways to achieve higher productivity and profitability

Tilapia are at the centre of a trade dispute between Kenya and China, following a public outcry over the effects of the influx of Chinese fish on the fishing and aquaculture industries.

Tilapia farming was a hot topic in Ghana last week after photos and videos of large numbers of dead tilapia at the Asutsuare farm of a Chinese company, China Fujian, went viral on social media.

A Brazilian aquaculture technology firm has unveiled an innovative production system for farming tilapia - in Brazil and beyond.

Tanzania is to adopt recommendations for conserving the unique genetic diversity of its tilapia stocks in order to safeguard the country’s food security.

A new collaborative project designed to help fish and shrimp farmers in Vietnam achieve ASC certification has been launched today.

Not content with merely transforming an abandoned fish farm into a thriving catfish-farming cluster, Benedicta Peter-Ugheoke is also an aquaculture trainer and consultant who has helped encourage many…