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	Tilapia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Restaurants and producers of frozen or convenience meals often avoid using the tilapia name and instead refer to the fish as whitefish or perch; this is especially common in Europe and the US where consumers are often unfamiliar with tilapia as a food fish.
		Tilapia became known as the "poor-man's fish" and carried with it the memories of the past post-war era.
		The Taiwan tilapia is a hybrid of Oreochromis mossambicus and Oreochromis niloticus niloticus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tilapia (1547 words)

	Tilapia
		Tilapia is a relatively new species, just beginning to be produced on farms in the United States.
		The main impediment to an increase in tilapia consumption is the lack of familiarity of tilapia to the American consumer.
		Tilapia production in outside ponds is strictly regulated in the southern United States for fear that some fish may escape from the farm ponds and encroach on native sport fishing populations.
	ndsuext.nodak.edu /extpubs/alt-ag/tilapia.htm (1563 words)

	Tilapia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Tilapia is a genus of freshwater fish in the cichlidae family.
		Tilapia species are native to Africa and the Levant (for example the sea of Galilee, where according to legend Jesus used it to feed the 5000, resulting in the nickname St. Peter's fish).
		Braised tilapia (紅燒吳郭魚 or 紅燒尼羅魚) is a common dish eaten in Taiwan because of its cheapness and abundance there.
	www.redondobeach.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Tilapia (584 words)

	Tilapia fish
		Tilapia farming was for a long time confined to the middle east and some parts of Africa but has in recent years become a world wide industry with Asia and South and central American as large producers of Tilapia.
		Tilapia is an extremely suitable fish for farming due to the fact they are fast growing and very tolerant in regards to water conditions and are generally speaking very hardy fish.
		Tilapia fish value as food fish has lead to them being introduced to a large amount of waters around the world and they have established themselves in even more areas by escaping from fish farms that were breeding tilapia.
	www.tilapia.ws (504 words)

	Culture of Hybrid Tilapia: A Reference Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Tilapia is a generic term used to designate a group of commercially important food fish belonging to the family Cichlidae; the expression is derived from the African native Bechuana word "thiape," meaning fish.
		Tilapia are known for their ability to sexually mature at a small size, around 8-10 cm (3-4 in.) in body length, and a young age (sometimes when 2-3 months old).
		Tilapia growth rates are influenced by a variety of factors; water temperature, sex, supplemental feeding, and stocking density noticeably affect their growth rate.
	edis.ifas.ufl.edu /FA012 (2360 words)

	The Tilapia Project
		Tilapias incubate their eggs orally; one or both parents carry them in their mouths until (and for a short period after) the young hatch.
		Tilapia is classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Osteichthyes, order Perciformes, family Cichlidae.
		We even went to the trouble of passing out samples of tasty Tilapia prepared for us by a local restaurant and though they agreed it was delicious, his guy would not yield on the one point of drilling a well for anything but drinking water.
	www.paulwinchell.com /tilapiaproject.htm (1500 words)

	Tilapia
		In Ancient Egypt, tilapia were revered as a symbol of fertility and the renewal of life, possibly due to their resilience, reproductive fertility and unusual habit of females of protecting their eggs in their mouth to incubate till hatching.
		As concerns about mercury contamination in fish increases, pond-raised tilapia are a safe toxin-free food because they do not build up environmental pollutants in their meat - unlike the wild carnivorous predator or scavenger fish species.
		Vegetarian tilapia with scales are kosher to eat according to Jewish dietary guidelines.
	www.growseed.org /tilapia.html (596 words)

	fish.tilapia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The blue tilapia (Tilapia aurea) is a species commonly farmed in the United States.
		Tilapia are also called "Saint Peter's Fish" because it has been said that they were the fish Peter caught when Christ told him to cast out his nets in the Sea of Galilee.
		Tilapia have several attributes which make them attractive as a culture species: high tolerance of poor water quality and crowding, good performance on commercial catfish feed (32% protein), a high degree of disease resistance, and a mild flavored, white flesh.
	www.ksuaquaculture.org /fish.tilapia.htm (281 words)

	Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department: Spotted Tilapia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The spotted tilapia is native to West Africa from the coastal lowlands and brackish lagoons of central Ivory Coast to southwest Ghana and from southeast Benin to the Kribi River, Cameroon.
		Spotted tilapia inhabit calm, warm waters and in their native range are most common in small streams or the lower reaches of medium-sized rivers.
		Spotted tilapia are tolerant of the brackish water mangroves of Queensland, Australia, have rapidly expanded their range in the aforementioned box-cut canals of South Florida and thrive in the warm springs of Nevada.
	www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/Gallery/Descript/SpottedTilapia/SpottedTilapia.html (1684 words)

	Allrecipes \| Recipe Quick Search
		Tilapia fillets are bathed in lemon juice and melted butter, seasoned with garlic and parsley, and baked to flaky perfection.
		This tilapia is cooked in the tomato sauce it is served with.
		Tilapia fillets are rubbed with a mix of secret spices, then pan fried and served on white bread with a squeeze of lemon juice.
	search.allrecipes.com /recipe/quick.asp?lnkid=648&q1=tilapia (559 words)

	Grilled Tilapia - The Congo Cookbook (African recipes) www.congocookbook.com -
		Tilapia is best known for being easy to raise and harvest in man-made ponds.
		Tilapia could be substituted in most of the fish recipes in The Congo Cookbook.
		Tilapia grilling over a charcoal fire is a common sight in African kitchens and on African streets.
	www.congocookbook.com /c0019.html (825 words)

	fishfarming.com - experts in aquaculture, fish farming, shrimp aquaculture and tilapia farming
		In traditioanal pond culture of tilapia, proper environmental conditions are maintained by balancing the inputs of feed with the natural assimilative capacity of the pond.
		To provide for such growth, tilapia are fed high protein pelleted diets at rates ranging from 1.0% to 30% of their body weight per day depending upon their size and species.
		Long-term tilapia prices are expected to decrease, and this should lead to increased exports to the United States, as well as to Europe, which is still a largely undeveloped market for tilapia.
	www.fishfarming.com /tilapia.html (840 words)

	tilapia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		True tilapias are nest brooders, but species of the other genera incubate their eggs orally; one or both parents carry them in their mouths until (and for a short period after) the young hatch.
		The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) may have been farmed in ancient Egypt, and the most commercially important tilapia of aquaculture are Oreochromis species and their hybrids.
		Tilapias are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Osteichthyes, order Perciformes, family Cichlidae.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ti/tilapia.html (212 words)

	Wegmans: Farm-raised Tilapia
		Known as the "miracle fish," lean, mild, sweet-tasting tilapia is believed by some to have been the very fish that was multiplied in Biblical times.
		Also known as "St. Peter's Fish," tilapia originated in the Nile River and now ranks as the second most cultivated fish in the world (the first is carp).
		Our tilapia reaches us fresh within 24 hours after they were swimming in the crystal-clear waters from the Ecuadorian Andes.
	www.wegmans.com /kitchen/ingredients/fish/seafood/tilapia.asp (136 words)

	MorningStar Fishermen \| About the Tilapia Fish - Aquaculture
		Tilapia have scales and are considered a kosher food, unlike catfish, which are prohibited by some religions.
		Tilapia also has an excellent flavor, with none of the oily, fishy taste that some people object to in many types of seafood.
		Tilapia was chosen not only by MorningStar Fishermen, but by biologists at NASA, as the optimum fish for aquaculture in space because this fish has features that seldom occur all within the same fish species.
	www.morningstarfishermen.org /fish.html (764 words)

	CropKing.com - Tilapia: Aquatic Chicken
		Tilapia is also finding more and more of a market acceptance in the developed world, where it is starting to replace fish such as cod because of collapsed wild stocks.
		Presently farmed breeds of Nile tilapia reach a harvest size of 800 grams (1.75 pounds) after a growth period of five to six months, permitting about two harvest per year.
		Since tilapia culture requires warm water, outdoor production in the United States is limited to those states that are climactically suitable.
	www.cropking.com /tilapia.shtml (1201 words)

	Tilapia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Tilapia is very hardy and can thrive in salt, brackish or fresh water.
		Tilapia is also available frozen and can be gutted, headed and gutted, skin-on-fillets and skinless, boneless fillets.
		Tilapia cooks quickly; when the flesh turns opaque white, it is ready to be served.
	sarasota.extension.ufl.edu /FCS/FlaFoodFare/Tilapia.htm (607 words)

	Tilapia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Tilapia are the most widely raised warm water aqua crop in the world.
		Some Tilapia care for their eggs in a nest, and some keep the eggs in there mouth.
		Tilapia are stocked at 4,000 to 8,000 fish per acre.
	www.anna.k12.oh.us /Students/StudentHomepage/AH/tilapia.htm (277 words)

	Korea-Us Aquaculture
		Tilapia have such a great impact on warm-water fish culture around the world.
		Then Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, probably an hybrid between O. niloticus and O. mossambicus was accidentally introduced mixed with Grass carp fry from Taiwan.
		The production of tilapia as a public statistics is about 600 ton in 2001, but the author's assumption is 1,000 metric tons in same year.
	www.lib.noaa.gov /korea/main_species/tilapia.htm (139 words)

	Tilapia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Tilapia comes in several colors, but red and fl tilapia is the most well-known species.
		Choose tilapia that is moist and resilient; avoid cuts that have a musky odor.
		When marinating tilapia, be sure to do so for only a short time or it will start to break down the structure of the meat.
	www.kroger.com /hn/Food_Guide/Tilapia.htm (489 words)

	SRAC - TILAPIA
		"Tilapia" is the generic name for a group of Cichlids endemic to Africa and the Middle East.
		All Tilapia species are nest builders, with the fertilized eggs being guarded in the nest by a brood parent.
		The most positive aquacultural characteristics of tilapia are their tolerance to poor water quality and their ability to utilize a wide range of natural food organisms (i.e.
	www.msstate.edu /dept/srac/tilapia.htm (251 words)

	Fact Sheet for Tilapia mariae (Boulenger, 1899) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Adults of the spotted tilapia can be distinguished from the redbelly tilapia by the presence of a series of wide blotches along their flanks (this does not hold in juveniles).
		The annual breeding cycle of spotted tilapia is not known from their native range, however, they are believed to breed throughout the year with seasonal peaks in the spring and fall (Schwanck, 1987).
		Schwanck, E. Lunar periodicty in the spawning of Tilapia mariae in the Ethiop river, Nigeria.
	nis.gsmfc.org /nis_factsheet.php?toc_id=199 (1396 words)

	Oceans Alive - Blue Tilapia
		Although tilapia are excellent for fish farming, they are potential pests, since they often escape into waterways and compete for food with wild fish.
		Most tilapia is farm-raised, mostly in ponds or tanks Tilapia are fed plant-based feeds; unlike some other farmed fish, few wild fish are caught to feed tilapia.
		Tilapia is sold fresh or frozen, usually fairly fresh from the farm.
	www.oceansalive.org /eat.cfm?subnav=fishpage&fish=146 (275 words)

	Eurofish - Tilapia 3/05
		The total market of tilapia in the EU is estimated at 10 000 MT, but after years of discussing the potential of tilapia in Europe, the situation has changed completely in 2004, when cheap and good quality catfish or basa from Viet Nam flooded the European market.
		Tilapia is not competitive from a price point of view, and has not yet established a strong market name in the EU.
		Tilapia is increasingly popular in the USA, where its consumption has had a revolutionary development, far better than the most optimistic prospects.
	www.eurofish.dk /indexSub.php?id=3031 (797 words)

	Technorati Tag: tilapia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Retail and Wholesale Tilapia From common to exotic, we sell seafood to the retail and wholesale markets.
		Tilapia is an herbivorous fish that is native to Africa.
		Tilapia are sometimes known as "aquatic chicken", due to their high growth rates, adaptability to a wide range of environmental conditions, ability to...
	technorati.com /tag/tilapia (408 words)

	Top Tastes Forums: tilapia fillets
		One other thing about the tilapia - when we were at the fish monger and saw the tilapia fillets, my husband was reluctant at first because he hadn't tried tilapia before.
		Frankly, because carp/tilapia are bottom feeders, I think eating farmed tilapia from a reputable fishfarm might be better than eating the ones that are caught in overly polluted waters of North America.
		Tilapia have been called "Saint Peter's fish" in reference to biblical passages about the fish fed to the multitudes.
	www.toptastes.com /cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=16&t=000094 (1326 words)

	Tilapia cornucopia \| Ocala.com \| Star-Banner \| Ocala, Fla. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		But sheriff's officials expect to begin feeding the tilapia to inmates in a few months, as more of the fish grow to serving size, about two pounds.
		Tuesday's lunch consisted of the deboned tilapia, dipped in corn meal batter and seasoning before being deep-fried.
		Tilapia costs as much as $5.99 a pound at some grocery stores, but officials estimate the fish will end up costing the jail just 39 cents a pound.
	www.ocala.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060315/NEWS/203150347/1001/NEWS01 (743 words)

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