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A sustainable fish dinner for 4 By CanadianLiving.com
Recipes by the Canadian Living Test Kitchen

This delicious tilapia menu features a creamy Red Pepper Sauce, zippy Citrus Quinoa and our classic Lemon Meringue Pie for dessert.

Tilapia, the wonderfish
If ever there was a wonderfish, it would be tilapia [til-ah-pee-ya]. This African native is an omnivore, adapting easily to its surrounding environment and food resources. Tilapia is easily and efficiently farmed. It can tolerate low oxygen levels, plus adapt to a range of water salinity - from freshwater to seawater. On top of all this, tilapia matures quickly and begins its own self-reproducing populations in aquaculture (fish farm) environments.

One note of caution: Being so highly adaptable, if tilapia escape their acquaculture they can take over and damage surrounding natural habitats. U.S. farmed tilapia are grown in closed tank systems to avoid this potential problem. Steer clear of farmed tilapia from Asia and South America whose practices are not as strict.

What does all this mean for us? When farmed in the U.S., tilapia aquacultures do not pollute the surrounding environment, nor do they use up a lot of energy to grow. Tilapia poses no heavy metal or contaminant health risks for humans, and its numbers are in abundance. Go ahead and enjoy this light-tasting, meaty wonderfish as often as you like.

Discover more about tilapia from SeaChoice.org