Tilapia - it what's served in every fish burger and fish and chips basket this side of Melchor - in fact, you probably eat a lot more tilapia than you know. And that's because tilapia breeds plentifully, is cheap and easily farmed.
But, tonight there's news that won't affect your fish burger, but it could affect the fish farm that made it.
That's because the Tilapia Lake Virus was recently detected in Mexican fish farms. So far, the disease hasn't come to Belize , but if it does, it could wipe out stocks at fish farms: the virus is known to cause death of up to 90% in farmed and wild Tilapia fish.
A BAHA advisory urges all fish farmers to step up Biosecurity measures at their farms.
Now, most important for you, BAHA stresses: "The disease does not pose a risk to public health and fish is safe to eat."
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