TILAPIA IS PART OF THE FUTURE FOR BELIZE!

THE AQUA CULTURE INDUSTRY  IN VIETNAM FETCH $11 BILLION IN EXPORTS.  PROCESSING VOLUME OF FISH IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 3 MILLION TONS.  CREATING 5 MILLION JOBS.  THE MAJOR EXPORT MARKETS BEING TARGETED BY VIETNAM ARE THE USA, JAPAN AND EUROPEAN UNION.

  HERE IN BELIZE, WE CANNOT EVEN YET EXPORT TILAPIA TO GUATEMALA 15 MILLION MARKET NEXT DOOR.  THEY LIKE SALT AND SMOKED FISH FILLETS.  BREADED FISH FINGERS WOULD GO DOWN GOOD ALSO.  RIGHT NOW, ONE PERSON SOUTH OF PLACENTIA SAYS ON THEIR FARM, THEY DON'T MARKET TILAPIA, BUT SIMPLY GROW THEM FOR ANIMAL FEED.  GROWN TILAPIA FOR HUMANS USUALLY NEED 2 LBS AND TWO YEARS TO REACH THAT.  BUT TILAPIA FINGERLINGS GROW AND BREED RAPIDLY AND ANIMAL FEED, SUCH AS A FEED LOT, OR PIG FARM DO NOT NEED LARGE FISH SIZES AND FINGERLINGS CAN BE TURNED INTO PIG PROTEIN MUCH MORE RAPIDLY AT NO COST.  A COMBINED PIG FARM AND TILAPIA OPERATION WOULD BE A FARMERS PRODUCTION FACILITY MADE IN HEAVEN.