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peer-reviewed research article

Bioconversion: Tilapia fish turn insects and weeds into edible protein

authors

E. Fred Legner, Division of Biological Control, University of California, Riverside
Frank W. Pelsue, Southeast Mosquito Abatement District, South Gate, California

publication information

California Agriculture 34(11):13-14. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v034n11p13. November-December 1980.

abstract

Feeding voraciously on chironomid midges or on aquatic weeds, two Tilapia fish species in southern California convert these nuisance pests into tons of edible fish protein.

author affiliations

E. Fred Legner is Entomologist and Professor of Biological Control, Division of Biological Control, University of California, Riverside; Frank W. Pelsue, Jr. is Manager, Southeast Mosquito Abatement District, South Gate, California.


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