U.S. imports of fresh tilapia decline month by month, supply shortage may not be alleviated

Francisco Murillo, former executive of well-known tilapia producer Regal Springs and current CEO of Ghanaian company Tropo Farm, said: "The decline in February is equivalent to a weekly reduction of nearly 311,000 pounds of fish fillets, which is a staggering number considering that it is the month before Lent." US chilled tilapia fillets come from Latin America. Colombia's exports to the United States in February were 810 tons, down 31% from the previous month and 16% from the same period last year. Murillo said that at the beginning of this year, a major death incident occurred in Colombia's aquaculture industry, and the aquaculture industry in the Betania Reservoir area was severely damaged. The area is a key production area for Colombia's exports to the US market. At present, the number of live fish in Colombian ponds has dropped significantly, and some Some producers chose to collect fish early, so exports to the United States were higher in January (although lower than the ...