These days, the debate over whether or not to eat tilapia is very hot. This fish attracted a lot of fans after it was released to the Iranian market for some reason, but after a while, rumors spread about the harmfulness of this fish, and after that, some people started to support the consumption of this fish. کردن. In the following, we will fully review the benefits and harms of consuming tilapia. Be with Dr. Salam.
These days, a lot of articles about not consuming imported tilapia are being spread on social networks, in which the necessity of producing and breeding tilapia in the country is emphasized and insisted.
Finally Tilapia fish Should we eat, import or raise? According to the Young Reporters Club web group, there is a lot of talk these days about not consuming imported tilapia on social media, emphasizing the need to produce and raise tilapia in the country. We will investigate the allegations and talk about breeding this fish in the country.
Breeding in industrial wastewater
These fish are said to grow in industrial wastewater. This is true, although it may seem at first that living things cannot live in such an environment. But when we talk about life, we do not necessarily mean the common forms and conditions of human life that we know.
There are forms of life that can survive in the most extreme or extreme conditions, such as bacteria that survive miles away in the sun, or bacteria that emerge from the ice after thousands of years, or those that survive. They live in the hot water and sulfur of volcanoes, which is unbearable and toxic to us and many other creatures. More importantly, tilapia is farmed with industrial wastewater, not just industrial wastewater, which is farmed in water, where industrial wastewater is released, and since tilapia is one of the most adaptable fish species in the world, Waters can grow and develop.
Is Chinese fish poisonous?
The fact is that the situation of aquaculture and even other living organisms in China is not well defined. about Fish There is almost no doubt that tilapia are grown in poisonous waters in some parts of China. This article, written over the past few years, addresses this issue. But the main danger in raising these fish in toxic waters is not bacteria and pathogens, but two other things; Antibiotics and heavy metals. The following article shows that the amount of heavy metals left in the body of farmed fish in China, especially tilapia, is much higher than the allowable amount of fish raised in waters that contain heavy metals.
Another point is that, like many other farms in China, the indiscriminate use of antibiotics is one of the main reasons for the emergence of antibiotic resistance to antibiotics in the world. Raising fish in polluted waters has led to the widespread use of broad-spectrum antibiotics in China, which in practice far exceeds the expected levels of these antibiotics in the fish body.
Another small point is that tilapia, like many farmed fish and more (due to their rapid growth), contain large amounts of Fatty acids Saturation is harmful to the heart and health.
Should we grow tilapia?
The sum of these reasons shows that the consumption of imported tilapia is harmful to our health, so should we usually move towards the production of this fish in the country?
Before issuing a verdict in this case, it is better to pay attention to a few points. As mentioned, tilapia, due to their high adaptability, can grow in almost all aquatic environments and are therefore considered an invasive species for aquatic ecosystems. An invasive species is a species that does not naturally belong to that ecosystem, but quickly adapts to the new environment, and as it grows in the new environment, it narrows the space for native species and eventually causes them to become extinct or marginalized.
Tilapia is an invasive species that, if found in the country’s aquatic ecosystems, can cause extensive damage through extinction of native species and alterations in the country’s aquatic ecosystems. This has happened in many places, including the United States and Australia, and is now considered a harmful species in many countries, including Australia, and live breeding and importation of this fish is prohibited. Therefore, despite the strong insistence of the Fisheries Organization to issue a tilapia breeding license in Iran, this did not happen due to the right opposition and instead of the Environmental Protection Organization.
In fact, the Environmental Protection Agency says that instead of insisting on breeding, the fishery should look for a native species for breeding with the cooperation of this organization, which is first of all compatible with our environment and a threat to the country’s aquatic ecosystems. resource management Water They are in danger, do not count.
Source: Reporters Club
