With a recent decline in farmed and caught fish exports, over the last two years, Myanmar fishers are looking to new ideas in a bid to stem the tide in declining exports, including switching to new species.

Fish farmers in Myanmar are looking to switch to the tilapia freshwater fish species as they take less time to reach maturity.However, transitioning to tilapia species will require new technologies and methods and possibly also government support.

International farmers are also developing technology and methods for their own farmed tilapia, which can be imported into Myanmar to improve the industry.