Tilapia price hike coming

Chinese tilapia prices are likely to rise this year as total production could be down by at least 20 percent, warns a report by Chinese producers. [ More ]

Taiwan's fish farmers urged to change focus to skirt Chinese competition

Taiwan's tilapia aquaculture farmers were urged Sunday to shift to production of higher added value fish fillets to skirt fierce competition from their Chinese rivals. [ More ]

Nissui injects $20 million into Brazilian venture

Japan-based Nippon Suisan Kaisha (Nissui) is about to initiate operations in Brazil through a partnership with Netuno Group, the leading Brazilian fishing sector company. [ More ]

Tilapia importer resuming shipments after FDA detention

It wasn’t a very happy Valentine’s Day for the folks at Regal Springs, one of the world’s leading tilapia producers.[ More ]

Aquaculture dialogue sets tilapia standards

Global standards being developed by the aquaculture dialogues to address the potential negative impacts of tilapia farming on the environment and society are finalized. [ More ]

HQS tilapia farm, plant first to secure GlobalGap certification

HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries Inc. announced Monday tilapia growout operations and processing plant operations at its wholly owned, Hainan, China-based subsidiary, Hainan Quebec Ocean Fishing Co. Ltd., were certified by Moody International [ More ]

AquaChile turns to tilapia as salmon production collapses

With its salmon production expected to plunge next year, AquaChile is looking to tilapia to give the company a needed boost. [ More ]

Photo gallery: tilapia, a world beater?
Tilapia took 51 years to reach one million-metric-ton output per year. It took five years to pass two million metric tons. [ More ]