Tilapia production and consumption grows in Mexico

2000Agro/Writing During the In the last decade, tilapia production in Mexico registered growth annual average of 3.1%. At the same time, consumption of this species increased by go from 1.0 kilos per capita per year to 1.6 and will continue to rise, says Jaime Almazán, president of the Aquaculture Group of the National Council of Manufacturers of Balanced Food and Animal Nutrition (Conafab). Based on data from the Agro-Food and Fisheries Information Service (SIAP), the representative of feed producers for farmed aquaculture species pointed out that currently in Mexico the production and capture of tilapia is 101,749 metric tons per year with an estimated value of 2,730 million pesos, but approximately 113,536 must be imported to satisfy the demand. This deficit represents an opportunity for the industry aquaculture. During the meeting with the media to announce the 2023 Tilapia Meeting, which Conafab will take place on July 12 and 13; Jaime Almazán, pointed out that "the ...