This tilapia disease related webinar tomorrow 20 January 2021 is a very important and valuable for all working on farms, hatcheries, in research, in teaching, in govt, from across Africa to listen to -

Egypt has intensified its commercial tilapia farming since the 1990s to become Africa's biggest producer by far and third/ fourth in the world for tilapia production.

For twenty years its production grew and was not too bothered by fish disease problems, however in 2010 2011 things changed rapidly and the Egyptian aquaculture sector experienced significant mortalities starting March through to Sept causing significant financial loss to virtually all fish farmers

- This so called summer mortality syndrome continues to the present with the Egyptian industry and researchers trying to find out firstly specific factors/ causes and then solutions ...............................

As such, this is a very important lesson learning for the rest of african tilapia production as it is now in its early days of commercially intensifying itself - and as our Ghanaian colleagues know well - intensifying tilapia production can lead to considerable fish health and disease challenges ........

Please take the time to Register and listen ........

Thanks to Ismail for the photo .....