TILAPIA

Introduction:
• Among the fishes cultured in backyard cages
and ponds, Nile Tilapia or Tilapia nilotica is
widely known in the Philippines. Aside from
being adaptable in the locality, it can be easily
bred, multiplies at a fast rate, and can be
naturally fed on ponds.
Meaning:
• It is a farmed-raised fish.
• The tilapia is the second most important
farmed fish in the Philippines next to milkfish.
• Tilapia is an inexpensive, mild white fish that is
easy to prepare and cook.
Raising Tilapia
1. Select a suitable site for the pond.
2. Prepare the pond properly.
3. Pond fertilization.
4. Securing fish fingerlings.
5. Stocking the pond
6. Care and maintenance
7. Harvesting
Types of Tilapia
• Nile Tilapia (oreochromis niloticus)
-most cultured freshwater fish in the Philippines.
-most common tilapia in the Philippines.
- Reaches up to 60 cm (24 in) in length and
exceed 5 kg (11 lb)
- Brownish or grayish in color and the tail is
vertically striped.
• Mozambique Tilapia (oreochromis
mossambicus)
-it can be grown in salt water, brackish and
freshwater
-dull greenish or yellowish color.
• Blue Tilapia (oreochromis aureus)
-blue grey color.
-it is primarily a fresh and a brackish water fish.
-it can live in a canals, springs, wet prairies,
creeks, rivers and lakes.
• Red tilapia (oreochromis mossamicus O)
-live in saltwater and less off-flavor taste.
-the first red tilapia , produced in Taiwan in the
late 1960’s.
Largest producers in the Philippines

• Central Luzon’s production of 44.94 percent

the 260,935 tons of tilapia produced in the
Philippines is helping the country maintain its
position as the fourth producing country in
the world.
“Tilapia in the Philippines is the fish of yesterday,
the fish of today and the fish of tomorrow. It is
the people’s fish because it’s readily available ,
accessible and affordable to every ordinary
Filipino” adds Dr. Abella.