Institute of Marine Affairs: Time for aquaculture

Issues facing the Trinidad and Tobago’s Tilapia industry were identified as high production costs, lack of proper infrastructure, competition for markets from State agency Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA) and the use of filtration/production systems not suited to our tropical climate.

Institute of Marine Affairs say that the views expressed by the two individuals were not an accurate reflection of the tilapia research and production in Trinidad and Tabago. The IMA’s top aquaculture researcher with over 30 years experience told Business Day, price setting fingerlings does not reflect production costs for most breeders and would in fact hamper a farmer’s ability to make a profit. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers