The new star of aquaculture is the German-Hungarian hybrid catfish

Published 2023년 3월 8일

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A new variety of catfish, named SilGen, has been developed after a decade of research by a Budapest-based organization, with the help of five leading fish farming and research companies. The new catfish species is quick to adapt, grows rapidly, and is disease resistant, making it a potential competitor to salmon. The project, which lasted 24 months, established a mass production system for premium quality freshwater catfish and aims to use ecological aspects, environmental protection, and culinary qualities in its marketing. The catfish, with its white meat and firm texture, is seen as an alternative to cod, salmon, and tuna.

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Breeders are confident that a new type of catfish under the commercial name SilGen will compete with salmon Gábor Hetjei, head of the Budapest-based organization that helped develop a new variety of catfish after a decade of research, is confident that the new fried catfish will impress any gourmet! His non-profit organization Kseris coordinated the SilGen project to showcase the promise of fish farming, also known as aquaculture. The new species of catfish developed as a result of this initiative is able to quickly adapt to different breeding conditions, grows rapidly and is disease resistant. “One of the main outcomes of the project was a newly developed German-Hungarian hybrid catfish, developed from two excellent but unrelated lines,” says Hetje. Aquaculture will be critical to providing enough food for the growing world population of 8 billion now as the oceans and seas have already reached the limit of overfishing. As you know, fish is part of a healthy diet because it ...

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