FAO and tilapia

Abstract:

As a consequence of problems with the production of high quality seed and the attainment of all-males red tilapia, officials from FAO decided to start a study in order to genetically improve these fishes. To accomplish this goal a Technical Cooperation Project was approved to Venezuela. Among other purposes the Project includes an analysis of the environmental impact, a campaign to raise awareness on the preservation of biodiversity, the selection of breeders from stocks available in the country. It must be asked: A campaign to preserve biodiversity, after red tilapia has proliferated in many rivers, lakes and estuarine habitats in the country? One wonders why FAO has spent large sums of money investigating something that everybody knows: After generations of inbreeding and reversion to the wild type, how could we select breeders from stocks available in the country? We believe that FAO's financial plan is not only an unnecessary waste of resources and efforts in an already well known matter, it also cuts short the possibilities of orienting research toward the development of native species culture technologies with large potential for aquaculture.

Año de publicación:

1999

Keywords:

• Fao
• Tilapia
• Aquaculture

Fuente:

scopus