Since 1971 he has worked full-time at breeding tilapias. I have helped to start projects and supplied breeders in more than 35 countries and in most U.S. states. Recently, after a conference in Veracruz, I learned that almost 100 million pounds of tilapias originating from my red mossambica strains are now grown and consumed annually in rural Mexico, and I have been told that similar amounts are being grown from the same tilapia strain in Brazil. And 300 million to 400 million pounds of that came from Sipe-strain red tilapias. Readers who would like to know more about tilapias and Sipe's activities should check out his company's World Wide Web site .
Shrimp farming is another hot aquacultural endeavor, one with a mixed environmental record.
We hope their collaboration and dialogue here will help that industry live up to its best potential. What a shame if shrimp were the ones that got away.