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There is money in milkfish production in the Philippines
Type: Journal Article
One real constraint to expanding production from aquaculture is the lack of knowledge or information on the economic relationships between inputs and output, in other words between what goes into a pond and what comes out. ...
ICLARM and South-south technology transfer: Philippine aquaculture technology and Indonesia Part I
Type: Journal Article
A historical account is given of the discovery of Tilapia mossambica and its culture in Indonesia and the resulting success in Java of this species in rural development programs. Consequent introduction of this species to ...
Brackishwater aquaculture: threat to the environment
Type: Journal Article
Details are given of developments in the Philippines regarding the conversion of mangrove forests intobrackishwater fishponds, considering in particular environmental implications. Social and human costs and ecological ...
Fish pens of Laguna de Bay, Philippines
Type: Journal Article
Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the Philippines, has a catchment of about 290,000 ha, a surface area of about 90,000 ha, an average depth of 2.8 m and temperatures of 22-34°C, with little or no thermal stratification. ...
Small-scale integrated farming in the Philippines
Type: Journal Article
Details are given of a project in the Philippines to design and test small-scale pig-fish and poultry-fish farmingtechnologies. Oreochromis niloticus was the fish species used. Economic prospects were found to be favorable.
Philippine Brackishwater Aquaculture Training Project
Type: Journal Article
The Brackishwater Aquaculture Development and Training Project, a cooperative effort of the Government of the Philippines, represented by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) under the Ministry of Natural ...
ICLARM and South-South technology transfer: Philippine aquaculture technology and Indonesia. Part II
Type: Journal Article
Details are given of the tilapia hatchery systems used in the Philippines i.e., the "hapa" floating hatcheries and the backyard pond hatcheries, and their applications in Indonesia. Experiments are being conducted in ...
Tilapia production booms in the Philippines
Type: Journal Article
Tilapia is the second most popular cultured fish in the Philippines. Increased consumer demand is discussed briefly and an account is given of hatcheries, cage culture in lakes and land based grow-out systems. Future ...