Figures published by the Ministry of Agriculture as part of its Second Quarter Commodity Market Update for this year indicate that tilapia farming continues to be both the most popular and the most profitable pursuit in the country’s growing aquaculture sector.
According to the ministry’s statistics, tilapia production during the first six months of 2011 accounted for almost half of overall aquaculture production for the period, yielding 120,000 kilogrammes between January and June. Among the less prominent aquaculture products, tambaqui managed a distant second yielding around 55,000 kg, while black shrimp production totalled around 20,000 kg.
By global standards this is a decidedly modest accomplishment. China, Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia have
