Retailers, seafood importers and suppliers in the European Union significantly moved away from tilapia products with some claiming the market has disappeared.
In the Netherlands, one of the regions where the product used to be popular, the retail market for tilapia saw a decrease of 65 percent between 2013 and 2017, with volumes falling to 171 metric tons last year.
According to several sources, the market in Europe is facing a downward spiral and there is no interest from the industry to help it recover.
