{"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":"2022-02-15T10:59:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T09:59:58","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>Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) 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 2018, 4.5 million tons of Nile tilapia were produced worldwide (FAO, 2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aquaculture-welfare-standards.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Tilapia-3-1024x580.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1471\" width=\"484\" height=\"274\" 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: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>China, Indonesia and Egypt are among the leading producing countries. Together, they accounted for three-quarters of the total volume of Nile tilapia produced in 2019. 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<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sources-and-detailed-scientific-information-on-tilapia-can-be-found-at\"> Sources and detailed scientific information on tilapia can be found at:  <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aquakulturinfo.de\/tilapia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aquakulturinfo, 2019. Tilapia (only available in German)<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fischinfo.de\/images\/broschueren\/pdf\/FIZ_DF_2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> FIZ, 2021. Fischwirtschaft &#8211; Daten und Fakten 2021 (only available in German) <\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/3\/ca9229en\/online\/ca9229en.html#chapter-1_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FAO, 2020. The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) 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 2018, 4.5 million tons of Nile tilapia were produced worldwide (FAO, 2020).<\/p>\n<p>China, Indonesia and Egypt are among the leading producing countries. 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