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k98
08-10-2006, 6:05 PM
why the tilapia are that hard to find?im looking for some mariae,zillii,but they look like impossible to buy
Oddball
08-10-2006, 8:03 PM
They're hard to find because alot of states have banned them due to their cropping up in local waters.
k98
08-11-2006, 5:55 AM
im not in the us.someone know the reason?
Ash
08-11-2006, 7:43 PM
Alot of tiliapia from these places are hard to get in general, mostly becuase it is banned to take them from their natural habitats now due to overfishing, already low numbers and competition with other fish.
straitjacketstar
08-16-2006, 9:58 PM
im not in the us.someone know the reason?

Check your exotics laws. The U.S. is not the only place where lots of these species are banned. Australia has strict regulations on exotic species as well as do other countries.
Tilapia, in general, are just hard to find because of the stigma of them being nuisance fish that outcompete and displace natives.