How to start tilapia fish farming -Tamilnadu (Gift Tilapia)

Genetic Improvement of Farmed Tilapia (GIFT) project to develop a faster-growing strain of Nile tilapia.  Fast growing  High demand in local market  Prefer all kind of supplementary feeds  Can be profitably cultured in seasonal ponds  Can be cultured at high stocking densities  High disease resistance ability  Can be cultured in saline water (salinity 12 – 15 ppt)  Three crops are possible in perennial ponds  Growing export potential due to the easiness to fillet the fish