date:Apr 17, 2013
of shipments in the first 10 months, with volume up 24 percent to 137,427 tons a feature that the USDA credited to lower prices.
USDA estimates put tilapia cultivation at 1.5 million tons in 2012, up from 1.4 million tons in 2011. According to USDA: After a decade of rapid development averaging an annual growth rate of 11 percent, cultured tilapia production growth slowed in 2010 following abnormal weather conditions, but rebounded eight percent in 2011. 2012 cultured tilapia production contin