http://www.tilapia.ws/blog News from the world of aquaculture Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:21:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Fishermen in Queensland, Australia suspect a human hand is helping invasive fish to spread throughout the state's rivers and dams. African tilapia fish have spread considerably further than predicted by biologists and fishery authorities and local fishermen now worry that the approaching wet season will end efforts to control the ... http://www.tilapia.ws/blog/who-is-releasing-tilapia-into-queensland-waters/ Research published in the online open access journal BMC Public Health show that Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) can be a valuable aid in the fight against mosquitoes; the animal responsible for transmitting malaria to humans. Today, malaria can be fairly easily treated and even cured, but a millions of people ... http://www.tilapia.ws/blog/tilapia-efficient-remedy-against-malaria-transmitting-mosquitoes/ Two students at New York’s Trinity school made a surprising discovery when they used a new genetic barcoding method to test fish sold in fish stores and served in restaurants on Upper Manhattan. Out of 60 different samples, 14 turned out to be mislabelled. The study was made as a part ... http://www.tilapia.ws/blog/dna-fish-labeling/ In response to a recent report from Wake Forest University about high levels of Omega-6 in tilapia, an international coalition of 16 doctors* spoke out today, lead by Dr. William Harris of the Sanford School of Medicine. According to the coalition, tilapia is a part of a healthy diet since ... http://www.tilapia.ws/blog/doctors-omega-6-rich-tilapia-healthy-replacing-with-bacon-hamburgers-or-doughnuts-not-recommended/ According to researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine*, farm-raised tilapia contains very low levels of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids and very high levels of omega-6 fatty acids. In an article published in the July edition of Journal of the American Dietetic Association**, the Wake Forest researchers say that combination ... http://www.tilapia.ws/blog/farmed-tilapia-may-not-be-a-good-choice-of-fish-for-patients-with-coronary-conditions/ Tilapia has been farmed in ponds for thousands of years, and the Ancient Egyptians are for instance known to have raised Nile tilapia in ponds along the river Nile. During the 1950s an important step in the history of farmed tilapia was taken when Tel Aviv University zoologist Prof. Lev ... http://www.tilapia.ws/blog/fun-facts-about-fishelson%e2%80%99s-hybrid-tilapia/ From July to September 2008, 52 restaurants in Florida, United States where cited for allegedly misrepresenting what they serve to the public. Embarrassingly enough, one of them was the Miami Police Cafeteria who was fined $750 when an inspector from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation noticed ... http://www.tilapia.ws/blog/is-that-a-snapper-on-your-plate-or-are-you-just-eating-really-pricy-tilapia/