The USA is to provide technical assistance to help Myanmar with farming tilapia.
The US team
of experts will give advice and farming technique to Myanmar to
enable it to export high quality fish and fish products, the New Light
of Myanmar quoted Myanmar Fisheries Federation as saying.
Algae blooms and sewage spills have cost the Tasmanian aquaculture and fishing industries AU$25 million according to a review by the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE).
Fishermen have called for greater spending on biosecurity measures to protect the future of Tasmanian aquaculture. At present around
$300 thousand dollars is spent on testing fish for the aquaculture
industry, but fishermen say that needs to be upgraded to
$2 million reports ABC.
This article gives a quick overview of on the role of aquaculture in Zambia.
Fish is a critical
source of dietary protein in sub-Saharan Africa, providing an estimated
22 percent of protein intake.
In Zambia, most of the aquaculture production comes from four species of tilapia (Oreochromis andersonii, Oreochromis macrochir,
Oreochromis niloticus and Tilapia rendalli). Oreochroomis niloticus is
not an indigenous species but still it is cultured by most farmers
because of its favourable biological characteristics.
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| Oreochromis niloticus niloticus Syn.:Chromis niloticus (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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