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There still remains the question of scale.  Farms have produced anywhere from 63,000 to over two million pounds of tilapia per year (Sell, 1993).  At an average per capita per year consumption of about 35 pounds, a single farm could feed as many as 50,000 people (Availability and consumption of fish).  This would allow the entire population of the Maldives, more than 350,000 people, (Maldives information, 2007) to be fed with as few as eight large fish farms.

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Availability and Consumption of Fish. (2007).   In Global and regional food consumption patterns and trends.  Retrieved 25 November 25, 2007, from http://www.who.int/nutrition/topics/3_foodconsumption/en/index5.html

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