Culture of Nil Fish

  
   


Out of concern for the health of the population with
low- income, His Majesty the King has undertaken
the study of fish culture with the aim of providing a
source of easily-produced good quality protein. He
started with Tilapia mosambica or Mor Taet Fish from
Penang, Malaysia.

  
     
 

In 1968, the Japanese Emperor Akihito, then the Crown Prince, presented
His Majesty with 50 fingerlings of Tilapia nilotica.  His Majesty subsequently
named that fish species Nil, which is derived from the word nilotica in its
scientific name, and gave the fish to the farmers for further propagation and
consumption.

Since 1968, the Fishery Department has undertaken studies to improve the
strain of the Nil Fish. Recently it is the 3rd improvement and the strain is now
called the “Chitralada” strain.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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