{"id":14640,"date":"2018-11-29T00:21:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T22:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=14640"},"modified":"2020-02-08T16:02:59","modified_gmt":"2020-02-08T14:02:59","slug":"cage-culture-of-tilapia-in-guatemala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=14640","title":{"rendered":"Cage culture of tilapia in Guatemala"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photo credit: Andria Melissa Ochoa Rodas (Guatemala)<\/p>\n

Description: Andria Melissa Ochoa Rodas and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)<\/p>\n

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The inserted picture shows a cage farm for tilapia located in freshwater body in Guatemala. The production of tilapia (Oreochromis<\/em> spp) has constantly increased in tanks and cages. The culture of tilapia in floating cages has been promoted by the fisheries administration.<\/p>\n

The contribution of tilapia to total aquaculture was only 3.7% in 2010 with 846 tons increasing to 5500 tons in 2011; 5455 tons in 2012; 5974 tons in 2013; and 9546 tons in 2014 before peaking in 2015 when tilapia produced from aquaculture amounted 13,500 tons representing 61.2% of total aquaculture in Guatemala and hence surpassing the production of marine shrimp for the first year. The year 2016 has witnessed a decline in tilapia production reaching 10,045 tons representing 38.2% of total aquaculture.<\/p>\n

About 20% of produced fish is exported to the USA as fillet while the rest is for domestic market. The mean harvest weights range from about 225 to 450 g.<\/p>\n

According to the \u201cFish Site\u201d, about 40 million of tilapia fingerlings are produced in Guatemala. It may worth noting that 20,000 selectively-bred tilapia broodstock resistant to \u201cStreptococcus\u201d have been delivered to a Guatemala enterprise.<\/p>\n

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Photo credit: Andria Melissa Ochoa Rodas (Guatemala) Description: Andria Melissa Ochoa Rodas and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows a cage farm for tilapia located in freshwater body in Guatemala. The production of tilapia (Oreochromis spp) has constantly increased in tanks and cages. The culture of tilapia in floating … <\/p>\n

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