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KINGSTON, March 12 (JIS):        

  Greater take-up of tilapia farming is being encouraged as part of efforts to boost local fish production and to relieve the stress on reef fish.  

Chief Executive Officer at the National Fisheries Authority (NFA), Dr. Gavin Bellamy, in making the call, said that improving tilapia production “will allow us to improve the blue protein, which is protein from fisheries stock.”

“Also, it will minimise and reduce the stress on our reef fish,” he said, while addressing a recent JIS Think Tank.    

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