Cage Culture Aquaculture Overview

Year of introduction Introduced strain Place of introduction Introduced number Blue tilapia (Oreochromis aureus) Institutions 1981 Africa Taiwan 250 1983 America USA 33 Guangzhou Fishery Research Institute Freshwater Fishery Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fisheries Science CP Foods, 1994 Thailand 1998 Egypt Egypt 3,000 Guangdong Tilapia Stock Farm Shanghai Fisheries University Red tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) 1973 1981 2000 Israeli Thailand 1.200 Japan 2,900 Taiwan Thailand 100,000 Yellow-belly tilapia (Oreochromis anulerson) 1987 Africa Africa Pearl River Fishery Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fisheries Science Guangdong Fishery Research Institute Pearl River Fishery Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fisheries Science CP Foods, Thailand Sources: Zhang et al., 1979; Wang et al., 1987; Li et al., 1998; Wu et al., 1998; Li and Zhou, 2000; Ma et al. 2003; Xia, 2000; Li, 2002; Ye, 2002; Zimmermann, 2002; Yang Yi, per. comm.; Zimmermann, per. comm

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