Four factors that affect tilapia production in Mexico

2000Agro/Editorial The Tilapia is one of the most produced species in the aquaculture industry Mexican. At the end of 2023, more than 21,000 tons of this were cultivated product, according to the latest estimates of the National Commission of Aquaculture and Fishing (Conapesca). For maintain the growth of the industry and place Mexican tilapia as a quality food not only in the Latin American region, but in the field worldwide, ADM revealed four factors during the “Tilapia Meeting 2024” key to improving the production of this food. This solution is basically composed of highly digestible ingredients adapted to the natural metabolism of the species and climatic conditions in which they are developed to grow faster, have a rate of higher survival and reduced costs. "He aquaculture sector continues to grow in Mexico and both Sinaloa, Sonora, Nayarit, Tamaulipas and Baja California Sur remain the states that lead the tilapia farming. ...