Cage Culture Aquaculture Overview

Year of introduction Introduced strain Mozambique Place of introduction Introduced number Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) 1956 Vietnam Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Guangdong Institutions 1978 Sudan Sudan 22 Yangtze River Fishery Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fisheries Science 1978 30 Hubei Provincial Bureau of Fisheries 1985 Egypt Egypt 9 Hunan Provincial Bureau of Fisheries Auburn 1993 American University, National Department of Fisheries Extension 1994 GIFT 1994 Egypt USA ICLARM, Philippines ICLARM, Philippines 5,000 Shanghai Fisheries University 3,000 1995 Sudan Sudan 53 Shanghai Fisheries University Yangtze River Fishery Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fisheries Science 1998 Egypt Egypt 3,000 Shanghai Fisheries University GIF T-strain Super tilapia 2001 (Geno Mar Philippines 2,000 GenoMar Supreme Hatchery China Supreme Tilapia ™) 2004 New generation of GenoMar Supreme Tilapia TM Philippines GenoMar Supreme Hatchery China

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