The commercial intensive culture of tilapias in Belgium ; L'élevage commercial intensif du tilapia en Belgique

peer reviewed ; The paper reports on some of the final results of a 6 year ( 1977-1983) research project dealing with the intensive culture of the Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus in the heated effluent of the Tihange nuclear power plant on the River Meuse. It also gives an outline of the commercial tilapia rearing operations by the fish farm Piscimeuse SA on the Tihange site. In experimental male monosex culture, a market size 300-350g tilapia is produced in 8-9 months starling from the egg stage. The commercial development of the research programme took place in 1984 when the fish farm Pi... Mehr ...