Four manuals on snubnose pompano hatchery production, milkfish polyculture in brackishwater earthen ponds, milkfish cage culture operations and rabbitfish seed production together with the 2013 AQD Highlights were successfully launched on 10 July at the AQD’s Tigbauan Main Station. Members of the academe, fish farmers and private & government sectors attended the event.
The aquaculture extension manuals (AEMs) contain laymanized and easy-to-understand information from the studies done by AQD scientists and researchers. The 2013 Highlights contains a comprehensive report of AQD’s research updates and activities throughout the previous year. These new publications are now available at the AQD bookstore. For inquiries please contact, bookstore@seafdec.org.ph
AEM 56 Hatchery production of snubnose pompano Trachinotus blochii Lacepede authored by Ms. OS Reyes (middle in blue), Dr. EGDJ Ayson, Dr. FL Pedroso and Ms. MC Cabanila is a 26-page extension manual describing the biology, broodstock acquisition & management, larval rearing, harvest & transport and prevention of diseases & parasites in hatchery production of pompanoAEM 57 Intensive culture of milkfish Chanos chanos in polyculture with white shrimp Penaeus indicus or mud crab Scylla serrata in brackishwater earthen ponds authored by Mr. GS Jamerlan, Dr. RM Coloso and Mr. NV Golez (represented by technology verification and demonstration head Dr. MR Catacutan; far-left) is a 29-page extension manual describing the biology, site selection, pond management and harvest & post-harvest practices of milkfish intensive polyculture in earthen pondsAEM 58 Milkfish Chanos chanos cage culture operations authored by Mr. AG Gaitan, Dr. JD Toledo, Ms. MT Arnaiz, Dr. EGDJ Ayson, Dr. JP Altamirano, Mr. RF Agbayani, Dr. ND Salayo and Dr. CL Marte (far-right) is a 39-page extension manual describing the biology, fingerling production, site selection, cage design & construction, measurement & analysis of water & sediment quality parameters and economic analysis of milkfish cage culture operationsAEM 59 Seed production of rabbitfish Siganus guttatus authored by Dr. FG Ayson (far-right), Ms. OS Reyes and Dr. EGDJ Ayson is a 39-page extension manual describing the biology, site selection, broodstock management, larval rearing and larval food production for rabbitfish
Abandoned brackishwater ponds, if left untouched, can find themselves thriving with the prized mangrove crabs. Allowing mangroves to recolonize abandoned ponds may even provide local fishers with a lucrative source of income.
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