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tilapia
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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2009
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ti·la·pi·a
/ təˈläpēə/
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n.
an African freshwater cichlid (Tilapia and related genera) that has been widely introduced to many areas for food.
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TILAPIA IS A FARMED FISH OF BIBLICAL FAME.(Living)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 7/16/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Post food editor The first time I tasted tilapia was at EPCOT. It was a Disney kind of...EPCOT conference room featured a farmed tilapia saute. The mild, white fish -- known...future food. Why? Because a one-pound tilapia can grow in only one gallon of recyclable...
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Tilapia: steady production and growing demand should keep prices in check.(Finish Update)(Industry Overview)
Magazine article from: Seafood Business; 11/1/2003; 700+ words
; ...How else can one explain the success of tilapia? This fish with the odd name is now showing...supermarket chain, was selling fresh tilapia fillets for $4.99 a pound, the same...silver-salmon fillets. Of course, tilapia sales would pale compared to the truckloads...
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Tilapia: tilapia offers a "blank canvas" for innovative chefs looking to create a new whitefish item for their menus. (Buyer's Guide).(Red Lobster Div.)(Statistical Data Included)(Illustration)
Magazine article from: Seafood Business; 11/1/2001; 700+ words
; ...of its customers had never heard of: tilapia. Describing it on the menu as "a tropical...exciting flair. The result: Baja Crunch Tilapia. Encrusted with tortilla breading and...with a pico de gallo salsa, Baja Crunch Tilapia is not your typical Red Lobster fare...
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Tilapia: is it just a matter of time before St. Peter's fish butts heads with the almighty pollock? (Species Focus).(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Seafood Business; 2/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...American consumers just a few years ago, tilapia jumped into the mainstream in November...Red Lobster increased the volume of tilapia it uses by roughly 30 percent, says John...adds, only salmon is more popular than tilapia at the dinnerhouse chain. "Tilapia is...
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Tilapia.(tilapia market share)(Industry Overview)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Seafood Business; 10/1/2000; 700+ words
; ...Though most Americans don't know what a tilapia is, every year they're eating more...more. Last year, U.S. consumption of tilapia fillets soared almost 40 percent, to...just the past two years, consumption of tilapia fillets has almost doubled. And our appetite...
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Tilapia the next catfish? (big demand in U.S. expected)
Magazine article from: Mississippi Business Journal; 12/3/1990; ; 700+ words
; Tilapia the next catfish? Worldwide wonder fish...S. food service industry, wants white tilapia, a fish that is grown worldwide but is...confident that with careful marketing, tilapia will take the country by storm. "There...
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Tilapia a good option for high protein
Newspaper article from: The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL; 8/6/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...a recent report that low fat fish like tilapia are unhealthy to eat because they are...omega-3 fatty acids. Is this true? A Tilapia is not a good source of Omega-3 fatty...many "white fleshed" fish. However, tilapia is still a delicious, low-fat, high...
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Tilapia.(seafood industry)
Magazine article from: Seafood Business; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...true test of a seafood s arrival, then tilapia, long touted as the fish of the future...pumping out flesh skinless, boneless tilapia fillets for about $4.50 a pound...Miami-based company that imports fresh tilapia fillets from its farm in Honduras. Meanwhile...
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Tilapia: improved quality and more value adding should help this popular species realize its market potential.(Finfish FOCUS)
Magazine article from: Seafood Business; 11/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...trouble explaining the surging popularity of tilapia. It's mild-flavored. It's plentiful...the restaurant sells 22,000 pounds of tilapia per year. "It's the perfect fish to...Charlie's isn't unique. Indeed, tilapia has found a place at the table at the...
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Tilapia: popular farmed whitefish a serious contender on the U.S. top-10 seafood list.(Finfish FOCUS)
Magazine article from: Seafood Business; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Tilapia first appeared on the list of America...won't be released until next fall--tilapia will be the only new species to join the...since 1998, when catfish displaced cod. Tilapia's meteoric rise won't come as a surprise...
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tilapia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
tilapia or St. Peter's fish, a spiny-finned...genera Oreochromis, Sarotherodon, and Tilapia, all commonly known as tilapias, have...introduced or are grown on fish farms. The Nile tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus ) may have been...
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Tilapia
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Tilapia See CICHLIDAE .
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Aquaculture
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
...923 Whiteleg shrimp 1,062,774 Nile tilapia 1,025,739 diseases and movement of...catfish production for 0.2 mmt, and tilapia for 0.6 mmt. Production of several...industries use earthen ponds (catfish, tilapia, Asian carps, shrimp), raceways...
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SIC 0273 Animal Aquaculture
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...shipments during the first half of 2003 alone. Tilapia. Production of tilapia in the United States continued to increase in the...2000s, with the north central region dominating tilapia production. Production is expected to expand in...
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Cichlidae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
...hobbyists, being colourful, fairly easy to keep, and showing interesting behavioural traits. Other species of the genera Tilapia and Sarotherodon , e.g. S. mossambicus , are a very important source of protein in many countries. There are probably...
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