Namibia is an arid country with limited freshwater but blessed with a coastline that runs 1500Km north to south of the west boarder line. Where freshwater is available, competing activities like irrigation and livestock uses takes priority. This contrast provides a unique opportunity for Namibia’s aquaculture development. Equally, limited growth of tilapia aquaculture in Namibia has been pointing to lack of fresh water among other challenges. Acclimatization of tilapia to seawater has been happening at SANUMARC. This initiative aims to provide an alternative tilapia strain that can be grown in seawater and saline water bodies . The laboratory aspects have been on going such that the strain is now in its 5th generation. The availability of this local tilapia specie’s saline strain represents options to unlock Namibia’s tilapia aquaculture growth.