Tilapia seedlings in short supply, Hainan hatcheries expanding production by 20%
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Eastmoney.com] Translated by Amy Zhong -Aug 25, 2014
Hainan - Tilapia seedlings are in a serious short supply this autumn and seedling companies are likely to expand their production by 20%.
This July has witnessed serious tilapia diseases and high mortality rate in many production areas of tilapias. Although there is a serious short supply of tilapia seedlings, it is impossible of seedling companies’ production on a large scale at present owing to the weather.
“A lot of customers have called to buy seedlings, but we find it difficult to meet such a great demand in the short term”, said Yu Minghai, the engineer from Guangzhou Tak Fishery Rights Development to the reporter from Agricultural Wealth on August 13. The bad farming situation in this July has led to a great number of dead tilapias as well as the prevalence of various diseases in the ponds. And due to the weather, seedling companies are not able to increase their production to improve the seedlings’ short supply.
Although there have been some broodstocks in the ponds currently, the seedling output is very small ...
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