Tilapia farmers in Chiayi and Yunlin county, Taiwan, have been urged to reduce the number of fish reared to help improve prices, which have been hurt by increased competition from southeast Asia, reports the Taipei Times.
Tilapia exports last year saw a dip in pricing and fish farmers should not continue to rear excessive numbers of tilapia, it said.
The central government has already scaled back the national goal for tilapia production from 70,000 metric tons to 50,000 metric tons, said Chiayi County Department of Agriculture Official Chang Chien-cheng, adding once tilapia production reaches 80 percent of the revised quota, the government would issue a warning to farmers.
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