Add me to that list of wanting to know about cold tolerant tilapia!!!!!!!!
Please let us know what you find out.
"Cold tolerant" Tilapia would kill tilapia's use as a management tool. Death is the actual magic in moving lots of otherwise unused nutrient up the food chain.
Pure strain Blue Tilapia are the most "cold tolerant" with a drop dead temp at 42-45*f...some hybrid blues can go to about 50-52* and most other tilapia species/hybrids kick off around 55*.
Tilapia are the oldest known farmed fish in history, adaptation to cooler climates isn't going to happen.
