cher ami,
sur la liste anglophone, il y a quelques jours, Will demandait à Dr
El-Sayed de l'informer sur l'état de la situation de la production de
tilapia monosexe et la réponse est que l'utilisation de l'hormone
17-alpha-methyl-testostérone y est interdite. Je suis étonné de voir que
dès vous puissiez vous en procurer à partir de l'Egypte. Ci-joint du
courrier de réponse de Dr El-Sayed,
Cordialement,
G. Delincé
Sujet: [Sarnissa] Monosex tilapia in Egypt
Date : Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:11:32 +0200
De : Abdel-fattah El-Sayed <afmelsayed(a)gmail.com>
Pour : William Leschen <william.leschen(a)stir.ac.uk>uk>,
sarnissa-african-aquaculture(a)lists.stir.ac.uk
Dear colleagues
I was asked by Will to update him and SARNISSA forum -- on the current
position legally and also actually in practice on the ground --
regarding monosex tilapia production in Egypt using Methyltestosterone
hormone (?-17MT).
Let me first provide you with a quick overview about the magnitude of
this important sector in Egypt. Aquaculture production amounted 919585
mt in 2010, contributing 70.5% to total fish production, and making
Egypt among the top 10 aquaculture producing countries in the world.
Nile tilapia, which is the only tilapia species cultured in Egypt,
contributed 557049 mt in 2010, representing 60.6% of total aquaculture
production. This huge amount of tilapia has made the prices of fish,
particularly tilapia, stable in local fish market for over a decade.
Most of produced tilapia are sex-reversed (all-male) using ?-17MT.
Officially, ?-17MT is banned in Egypt. It has been prohibited for many
years. But, there is different story on the ground. This hormone is very
widely used. Most of large-scale tilapia hatcheries use this technique
and sell all-male tilapia all over the country. Even small-scale
farmers- particularly educated farmers who have some knowledge about
this know-how- produce their own monosex tilapia.
Unfortunately, monitoring the use of this hormone in the production of
monosex tilapia by the government is very weak and not effective at all.
In fact, there has been a dialogue for years between the scientific
community and stakeholders on one hand, and the government on the other,
on whether the current prohibition on use of ?-17MT must be fully
supported and applied on scientific basis and precautions or lifted.
Hope this information helps
Abdel-Fattah M. El-Sayed
Le 12/04/2012 17:19, Geovanne NZIENGUI a écrit :
salut,
en discutant avec des amis j'ai eu l'info que c'est possible en Egypte
Géovanne Aymar NZIENGUI DJIEMBI
Directeur de l'Aménagement et de la
Restauration des Écosystèmes Aquatiques
Boulevard Triomphal Omar BONGO
Libreville Gabon
tel +(241) 06204273