Progress on artificial propagation of milkfish

Abstract

Milkfish, Chanos chanos Forskal, are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical areas of the Pacific and the Indian oceans. Their geographical distribution ranges from 40°E to about 100°W, and 30-40°N to 30-40°S. They are found in warm offshore waters of the Red Sea; the Indian Ocean from east Africa to the south and west coasts of India, the coasts of Ceylon, Malaya, Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan; and the Pacific Ocean from southern Japan to Australia in the west and from south of San Francisco to southern Mexico in the east.