Profile updated on 8 November 2023

SUMMARY

SUMMARY

IDENTIFICATION

SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)

Oreochromis niloticus , Oreochromis mossambicus , Oreochromis aureus x niloticus , Oreochromis spp.

SPECIES NAME(s)

Nile tilapia, Mozambique tilapia, Blue-Nile tilapia, hybrid, Tilapias nei (multispecies)

JURISDICTION

Hainan

PREDOMINANT PRODUCTION SYSTEM

Pond

WATER SOURCE

Fresh Water

JUVENILE SOURCE

hatchery - closed cycle


ANALYSIS

Strengths
  • The Hainan Tilapia Sustainability Alliance, supported by the China Blue Sustainability Institute, is improving seafood production through the promotion and adoption of a zonal Code of Good Practice, pilot demonstration farms, and an Aquaculture Improvement Project.
Weaknesses
  • There is no evidence of the implementation of zoning and aquaculture areas or the use of carrying capacity studies to site and manage farms, despite the identification of aquaculture areas and acknowledgment of zoning in legislative documents.