World supply and demand of tilapia
by Helga Josupeit
FAO Rome,
October 2010
Fives years ago, I tried to make an estimate on the potential growth of tilapia production by the year 2010, and then 2.5 million tonnes seemed to be appropriate. This level was already reached in 2005! Back in 2007, again I tried on estimate for 2010, of 3.5 million tonnes, which was reached in 2008. With this positive experience, I will try again in the end of this presentation to estimate future production, by the year 2015. This graph shows very clearly that aquaculture was the main responsible for the increase, while capture fisheries of tilapia stayed more or less stable over the years, at 650 000 tonnes.
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