Tilapia / Cichlids

Donnie Bunting started out in the dairy industry but decided to farm tilapia to stay ahead of the curve. Now, his family-owned business has expanded and produces tilapia, redclaw crayfish and Malayan prawns.

An app designed to help aquaculture operators in the Philippines with their feeding regimes, fish health and to connect with suppliers, is being well received by the country’s farmers.

A project that aims to reduce the need for antibiotics in Egypt’s tilapia farming sector is gaining momentum.

Production of catfish and tilapia in Tanzania is set to increase substantially, following the launch of a $77.4 million project.

The case for aquaponics – typically the co-culture of fish and edible plants – as a means to improve food security may be regularly overstated by well-meaning idealists. Yet a range of aquaponics initiatives have proved …

The lack of transparency and stakeholder inclusion in some of the largest aquaculture eco-certifications in the global seafood marketplace is a threat to their legitimacy.

Tilapia farmers in Vietnam will soon have access to a new source of fingerlings, following the opening of a GenoMar Genetics subsidiary in the Southeast Asian country.

The Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT) is currently seeking to recruit a fish health study director who is “experienced, capable and passionate about the aquaculture sector”.

The Catfish Farmers Association of Nigeria (Cafan) has started distributing its own brand of fish feed “to take farmers out of bondage” with existing feed producers.

By identifying and eliminating production risks, Bangladesh’s pond aquaculture industry can become more efficient and remain on its current growth trajectory.

Producing tilapia in marine environments offers a number of advantages over traditional freshwater farming of these fish – saltwater is more readily available in most countries, escaped fish are less likely to become inv…

Trials of a specialist lighting system have led to a 10 percent increase in tilapia growth rates and a 10 percent reduction in their feed conversion ratio (FCR), according to the results of a new study.

A unique, free and comprehensive overview of the tilapia farming sector in Sub-Saharan Africa is due to be published in the autumn.

Researchers are optimistic about the possibility of developing an oral vaccine against francisellosis in tilapia, following promising trials in Thailand.

The Fish Site has been in touch with aquaculture operators from around the world, hoping to gain insights into their jobs, farms and the fish they produce for our new Meet the farmer series. Our first i…

Tilapia living in crowded aquaculture ponds or small freshwater reservoirs adapt so well to these stressful environments that they stop growing and reproduce at a smaller size than their stress-free counterparts.

Two female fish farmers are due to be recognised for their entrepreneurial spirit by India's Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) today.

Originally from Normandy, Anais Legendre has been working at Cycle Farms in Ghana for nearly three years, engaging with an increasingly vibrant aquaculture sector and stocking up on some colourful tales.

An oral vaccine that protects tilapia from Streptococcusinfection is due to be trialled on farms before the end of the year.

Fergus Flynn established Kafue Fisheries, a tilapia farm in Zambia in 1981, and ran it for the next 31 years. In this article he shares some hard-won insights into the development of one of sub-Saharan Africa’s most forw…