Health & Welfare
Evaluating effects of organic acids in Nile tilapia feed
A study tested the effects of a commercial product that includes three organic acids incorporated into a commercial feed for Nile tilapia fingerlings.
Health & Welfare
Evaluando los efectos de los ácidos orgánicos en alimentos para tilapia del Nilo
Un estudio evaluó los efectos de un producto comercial que incluye tres ácidos orgánicos incorporados en un alimento comercial para alevines de tilapia del Nilo.
Health & Welfare
Probiotics benefit three stages of juvenile rohu
Experiments were conducted to evaluate the potential survival and growth benefits of three multi-strain probiotics in three different stages of juvenile rohu (hatchling to advanced fry). Results showed beneficial effects of the probiotics treatments for the hatchling and fry stages, but not for later stages.
Responsibility
Saline aquaponics: Potential player in food, energy production
The integration of marine and brackish water aquaculture with plants can help lead to alternative food production on coastlines, in arid lands and in urban/periurban areas. Some 50 salt-tolerant plants could be cultivated for grains or biodiesel applications.
Health & Welfare
Public-private partnerships boost monosex tilapia fry production
With a hatchery system that involves collection of eggs and larvae, and hormonal sex reversal, it is possible to produce billions of monosex tilapia (all-male) fry to satisfy demand and accelerate aquaculture development.
Health & Welfare
Tilapia farming faces expansion issues in Thailand
Thailand’s tilapia industry has been able to grow into a thriving sector thanks to technological advances and knowledge sharing.
Health & Welfare
Artificial incubation, hormonal sex reversal promoted tilapia boom
The tilapia production boom results from technology that combines artificial egg incubation and monosex fry production using hormonal sex reversal.
Intelligence
Night lighting improves tilapia production in Thailand trial
Night lighting has a growth-promoting effect on temperate fish, as they exhibit increased foraging. Lights also attract insects, an additional source of protein.
Health & Welfare
Testing commercial feeds with tilapia broodstock
Nutrient levels in Nile tilapia broodstock feed affect their frequency of spawning, clutch size, egg quality and overall seedstock output.
Intelligence
Advances in tilapia broodstock management
Female tilapia broodstock spawn asynchronously, producing only 2,000 eggs per clutch. Hatchery operators often run into low seed quantity and quality problems.