{"id":2111,"date":"2022-02-02T18:47:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T17:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/?page_id=2111"},"modified":"2026-08-26T13:56:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T11:56:44","slug":"tilapia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/basic-recommendations-for-animal-welfare-in-aquaculture\/tilapia\/","title":{"rendered":"Tilapia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nile tilapia (<em>Oreochromis niloticus<\/em>) is one of the most important fish species in aquaculture, can be fed a vegetarian diet, and is considered fast growing with comparatively low environmental requirements. In 2024, 5.6 million metric tons of Nile tilapia were produced worldwide (FAO, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Tilapia-3-1024x580.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1471\" style=\"width:484px;height:274px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Tilapia-3-1024x580.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Tilapia-3-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Tilapia-3-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Tilapia-3-1536x869.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Tilapia-3.png 1887w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China, Indonesia and Egypt are among the leading producing countries. Together, they accounted for two-thirds of the total volume of Nile tilapia produced in 2022. Although tilapia still plays a minor role in German fish consumption, the freshwater fish is already sought after in aquaculture.<br><br>Originally from Africa, this warm water fish is extensively to intensively farmed in pond systems, net enclosures, flow-through and recirculating systems. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"sources-and-detailed-scientific-information-on-tilapia-can-be-found-at\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"> Sources and detailed scientific information on tilapia can be found at:  <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/fishery\/culturedspecies\/oreochromis_niloticus\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FAO: Tilapia<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/openknowledge.fao.org\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/09d03e2f-7097-4d59-bf94-db65e95f44fd\/content\/cd8357en.html#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FAO, 2026. The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2026<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fischinfo.de\/images\/broschueren\/pdf\/FIZ_DF_2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> FIZ, 2024. Fischwirtschaft &#8211; Daten und Fakten 2024 (German) <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p >Nile tilapia (<em>Oreochromis niloticus<\/em>) is one of the most important fish species in aquaculture, can be fed a vegetarian diet, and is considered fast growing with comparatively low environmental requirements. In 2024, 5.6 million metric tons of Nile tilapia were produced worldwide (FAO, 2026).<\/p>\n<p >China, Indonesia and Egypt are among the leading producing countries. <span >\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":1994,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post post-type-page post-view- post-scope-","status-publish","clear"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2111"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2616,"href":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2111\/revisions\/2616"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}