Tilapia / Cichlids

A continuous partnership between Kenya’s Lattice Aqua and IDH, the sustainable trade initiative, will focus on improving the productivity, profitability and sustainability of Kenya’s fish farms.

Pauline Nakyewa runs her family’s farm in rural Uganda while working as an aquaculture professional to help rural fish farmers and poor communities.

Researchers at the University of Stirling have determined how Nigeria can meet its target of producing 2.5 million tonnes of farmed fish each year, and say that their method could provide similar insights for other count…

JDE Peet’s, the publicly-listed Dutch food and beverage conglomerate that owns over 50 brands, has won praise from international NGO Lever Foundation for issuing a comprehensive new farm animal welfare policy that includ…

Farming in flow-through concrete ponds known as jhora, which is practised in the hills of West Bengal, is not only helping locals to get healthy diet of food but has been also supplementing their families’ incomes.

The Fish Site and leading functional feed producer Phileo will be exploring the latest issues in tilapia health in a webinar on 18 May.

27-year-old Shady Hamdy owns and operates the Ibn Al-Nafis tilapia hatchery – alongside Dr Tamer Bastweesy – in Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt.

A new fish health case study, with accompanying video, has just been released following a survey of a range of Ghanaian aquaculture stakeholders, including input from the private, research, and government sectors.

Aquasend has announced its participation in the Xylem Innovation Incubator Program, which aims to develop innovative ways to solve the world’s greatest water challenges – including those related to aquaculture.

Efua Konyim Okai, correspondent for The Fish Site, reflects on a recent visit to the first-ever AFRAQ event, which took place in Egypt at the end of March.

Phileo by Lesaffre has unveiled a functional nutrition programme for tilapia farming, increasing its footprint in aquaculture.

A new study from the University of Bonn in Germany has yielded an unexpected finding – that cichlids and stingrays can perform simple addition and subtraction in the number range of one to five.

WorldFish has signed an agreement with Premium Aquaculture Limited to transfer genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) fry to Nigeria.

Regal Springs, the world’s largest vertically integrated tilapia producer, and aquatech veteran aquaManager, are joining forces to accelerate the development of digital automation to enhance the predictability and produc…

A team of researchers have found that vaccinating tilapia broodstock may confer partial protection from tilapia lake virus (TiLV) to their eggs and larvae.

Sailesh Chudasama believes that biofloc production – of species including shrimp, tilapia and catfish – can create well-paid jobs and improve food security, both in Ghana and beyond.

Over 700 participants have registered for the inaugural Aquaculture Africa Conference (AFRAQ21), which - after several postponements - is now scheduled to take place in Alexandria, Egypt on 25-28 March.

Alexsandra Caseiro is one of the stalwarts of the Brazilian aquaculture sector, spending two decades in the feed sector, before setting up her own consultancy firm, operating mainly in in Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela,…

The latest 1810 Ultra syringe design from Socorex brings medical-grade precision to the aquaculture vaccination sector – in the process generating a range of advantages, not least to fish welfare and operator accuracy.

James de la Fargue has been CEO of Lake Harvest – one of Africa’s largest tilapia producers – since 2016. Despite downscaling production, the changes he has implemented have enabled the company to attract new investors a…