Global tilapia production fell 13 percent in 2008, to 2.06 million metric tons. Given last winter’s snow and ice storms and lower-than-usual temperatures in southern China, which decimated production at many tilapia farms there, the drop was expected.
China, the world’s largest tilapia producer, representing more than three-quarters of total U.S. tilapia imports, is already on the path to recovery. According to one source, China’s tilapia production may return to pre-2008 levels this year. …
