Brazil presents a tremendous potential in aquaculture, with more than 5 million hectares of dammed freshwater and a long coastline, and production of a variety of products has been increasing steadily over recent years. Tilapia has especially shown remarkable growth, with the country increasing production by some 40 percent from 2008 to 2010.
However, notwithstanding this growth, the total 2010 tilapia production was 155,450 metric tons, which pales in comparison to the approximately 3 million …