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Hatchery |
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Breeders may be obtained from the wild or raised in cages, ponds, or tanks. LHRHa and
Artemia can be ordered through a veterinary or agriculture supplier; starter cultures of natural food from other hatcheries.
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Grow-out Culture |
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The biggest expense for seabass culture is feeds, as the fish is carnivorous and must be fed trash fish. Other than the regular sorting and size-grading, seabass culture
is pretty straightforward.
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Downloads |
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Seabass culture poster
40" X 48"
[2.6 MB]
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List of
Technology Adoptors |
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Seabass Hatchery |
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JAZ Hatchery, Nueva Valencia, Guimaras (2005) |
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ISDA Hatchery, Trapiche, Oton, Iloilo (2005) |
• Jamandre Hatcheries Inc., Iloilo (2004) |
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CAHAALA Multi-species Hatchery, Roxas City (2006) |
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Seabass Grow-out |
• Hamtic LGU, Antique (2006) Pandan LGU, Antique (2006)
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• Garin Farm, Guimbal, Iloilo (2006) |
• Pandan LGU, Antique (2006) |
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Seabass Recipes |
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A Seabass Festival was held at the
ABOT AquaNegosyo Technology Forum. Participants got served sweet
and sour seabass, seabass in coconut milk, and seabass
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AQD's Work on
Seabass |
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Research work by SEAFDEC/AQD on
seabass began in the early 1980s, when induced spawning by
luteinizing hormone releasing hormone analogue (LHRHa) was first
attempted successfully. After that, researchers were able to
track the development of the larvae, study larval biology and
feeding behavior until a hatchery technology was worked out in
1990.
An extension manual on seabass
hatchery was written in 1990 and re-issued in 1998. By then
SEAFDEC/AQD had published more than 40 works on seabass that
were inputs to the technology. It has incorporated seabass in
its training and extension activities as well.
SEAFDEC/AQD has developed a working technology for seabass
culture in brackishwater ponds as early as 1984; this was
polyculture of seabass with milkfish and tilapia. The first
manual on seabass biology and culture was published two years
later.
To reduce cost of production, AQD
researchers made a thorough study on feed substitutes to
trashfish (seabass is carnivorous) and developed a standard
formulated feed suitable to carnivorous species like seabass and
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