Aquaculture production in Hainan – one of China’s key tilapia-producing regions – has fallen drastically in the wake of a major typhoon that occurred in early September, with mass power outages on farms, causing huge mortality figures.
Typhoon Yagi slammed into the coast of Hainan on 6 September with wind speeds reaching nearly 140 miles per hour, making it the most powerful storm to hit the region in a decade.
Josephine Wang, an export sales manager at tilapia-farming firm Hainan Golden Spring Foods, told SeafoodSource the damage has been devastating for farms in the area, with some reporting a 50 percent slash in production.
“A lot of fish died because of lack of oxygen, and a lot of fish died from disease. With no power, you know how hard it would be for farming," she said.
Making matters worse, Yagi rolled through Hainan at a time when the industry was enjoying a ...
