News Forum - Tilapia surprise: Sun-soaked eggs hatch, calls for fishy rethink

[Thaiger]

Eggs of the blackchin tilapia, left in the sun for two months, have surprisingly hatched, according to a local farmer in Samut Songkhram. The farmer urges the Department of Fisheries to reconsider the effectiveness of using seabass to control the invasive species. The spread of the blackchin tilapia across 17 provinces in Thailand prompted the … …

The story Tilapia surprise: Sun-soaked eggs hatch, calls for fishy rethink as seen on Thaiger News.

Read the full story

[ChrisS]

"Eggs of the blackchin tilapia, left in the sun for two months, have surprisingly hatched, according to a local farmer in Samut Songkhram. The farmer urges the Department of Fisheries to reconsider the effectiveness of using seabass to control the invasive species."

That rabbit is well out of the hole, I suspect it will take intensive and expensive measures to control this pest,  now that it is in situ and breeding it will spread with ease across Thailand particularly with the regular flooding in the rainy season.