Aquaculture
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008It all started with a simple curiosity, the others just followed and soon, he is hooked. This is the case with Mang Ramiro Panganiban, one of the successful farmer-cooperators of the Community-based Participatory Action Research (CPAR) on “Seaweeds Showcase Project” in Pilar, Sorsogon. The project is being implemented by the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) [...]
Steps in Farming Seaweeds
Sunday, March 9th, 2008Seaweed is harvested throughout the world as a food source as well as an export commodity for the production of agar and carrageenan products. Seaweed has been cultured traditionally for decades and probably for centuries in several Asian nations such as China, Korea and Japan. Until about 1980, most of the seaweed production from [...]
Ornamental Fish Breeding
Friday, March 7th, 2008Your little hobby of collecting koi and goldfish may be your next best chance to triple your income or even higher. According to the latest records, ornamental fish breeding is fast becoming a multi-billion dollar industry.
The Bureau of Agricultural Research’s (BAR) National Technology Commercialization Program (NTCP) recognized the potential of ornamental freshwater fish (OFF) breeding [...]
Oyster or Talaba Culture
Thursday, January 31st, 2008Oyster culture in the Philippines began at Hinigaran, Negros Occidental, in 1921. Oyster or talaba is a popular bivalve delicacy because of its excellent flavor and taste. It is mostly marketed in the shell as freshly-shucked meat. Some salted oyster or bagoong are made during peak harvest season. It is rich in vitamins, minerals, [...]
Grouper or Lapu-Lapu Culture
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Grouper or Lapu-Lapu Culture
(Epinephelus spp.)
Locally known as lapu-lapu, grouper has been cultured in ponds and cages in Southeast Asia for more than a decade. It is one of them most expensive fish in the market and is valued because of its texture and taste as well as its great potential in the aquaculture market. The [...]
Technical Guide for Tilapia Farming – Part 3 of 3
Monday, July 23rd, 2007A. Fish farming equipment
The equipment requirements of a project depend largely on the type of rearing to be done and the level of production envisaged. The degree of the use of automation needs to fit within the global context of the project.
1. Pumping
When it is not possible to have a water supply by gravity, pumping [...]
Technical Guide for Tilapia Farming – Part 2 of 3
Monday, July 23rd, 2007PART TWO: A CHECK LIST FOR THE FEASIBILITY STUDY
Complete and detailed information on the state of aquaculture and fisheries in the country concerned by the study is necessary. The study should show:
· A brief description of the history of these activities, in the country describing successes and failures and analysing the causes for their incidence.
· [...]
Technical Guide for Tilapia Farming – Part 1 of 3
Monday, July 23rd, 2007PART ONE: FISH FARMING NOTIONS
A. Tilapia
‘Tilapia’ are fish species that are fresh water cichlids but some species are described as being eurhyaline. a term which means that they can tolerate and adapt to different water salinity levels including, under certain conditions, sea water.
There are some 80 species of tilapia where almost all of them are [...]
Gabay sa Pag-aalaga ng Alimango (Mudcrab)
Thursday, July 19th, 2007
Ang alimango o mudcrab ay itinuturing na isang mahalagang pagkain mula sa dagat . Mainam pagkakitaan ito dahil masarap ang lasa kaya mataas ang halaga sa merkado.
Ang buntis na alimango o gravid o pregnant na maraming itlog at aligue ay iniluluwas sa ibang bansa tulad sa Hapon, Tsina, Honkong, at Taiwan. Naniniwala ang mga [...]
Sustainable Aquaculture: Duckweed
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007Facing the Economic Reality of Sustainable Commercial Aquaculture
What is the number one problem facing the rapid advancement of sustainable aquaculture? For many commercial operations, the answer is simple – bad economics. The hard reality is that, all too often, the bottom line gets in the way of the development of innovative solutions for sustainable aquaculture. [...]
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