Guide to Eel Culture
Eel (igat, palos) culture can be done with a minimum investment, using locally available and cheap resources. The system of raising eels cal also be made environment-friendly. Eels are long snake-like...
View ArticleFrom Pest to Profit: Freshwater Pearl Farming
Combine a common freshwater mussel with an ingenious implantation technique and presto, a profitable industry is born. Its product: lovely, lustrious pearls for use in makeup and medicine. Pearls,...
View ArticleMudcrab Culture Technologies
Studies conducted at SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department, some in collaboration with the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, have generated mudcrab culture technologies which are now...
View ArticleGreen Mussle (Mollusc) Culture
The green bay mussel or tahong (Perna viridis) is a popular and delicious food item. It is rich in vitamins, minerals, protein and carbohydrates. Green mussels were originally regarded as pests before...
View ArticleRice-Fish Integrated Farming System Part I
Guimba, Nueva Ecija, in the Philippines has rainfed and irrigated rice-based agriculture. In rainfed areas, rice is grown during the wet season and remains fallow during the rest of the year. In...
View ArticleRice-Fish Integrated Farming System Part II
Raising Colocasia Colocasia sp., an aquatic plant also known as taro, is an excellent food material. It can be grown as an added commodity in a rice-fish farm. Practically, all parts of the plant can...
View ArticleCage Culture of Silver Pompano
Aquaculture’s role in the Philippine fisheries industry has dramatically increased in the recent years. In 2007, 47% of the overall fish supply was contributed by aquaculture alone (BAS Regional...
View ArticleCulture of Red Tilapia (Filipino)
Taong 1980’s unang inalagaan ang red tilapia sa Pilipinas. Bukod sa pagkamapula, mataas na kalidad, presyo, matatag sa sakit ay masarap din ang laman nito. Karaniwang luto nito ay pasingaw o sweet and...
View ArticleCulture of Angelfish
Angelfish is a freshwater ornamental fish with laterally compressed round body and elongated triangular shaped dorsal and anal fins. It is a piscivorous species that prey on small fish and other...
View ArticleRice-Prawn Farming System
Source of Technology A modified technology of the Department of Agriculture, Rice + Fish Farming System was launched in 1979. In the year 2001, an on-farm research on rice and prawn farming was...
View ArticleSeaweeds Processing
Eucheuma and kappaphycus spp are red seaweed, which are considered the number export winners in the country. These species are top sources for the carrageenan substance, for food industries in the...
View ArticleSeaweed Pickles
Heavy Syrup Ingredients: 1 kg seaweed 10 cups vinegar 7 cups sugar, white (for light syrup, use 5 cups of sugar) 1/2 cup pineapple crush 2 tbp slice carrots 2 tbp sliced onions 2 tbp sliced bell pepper...
View ArticleMonoline Farming of Seaweeds
The Philippines is the world’s biggest producer of farmed Euchema seaweeds supplying about 60% of the total world requirements of raw material for carrageenan production. Seaweed is the number one...
View ArticlePolyculture of Bangus and Sinagid in Fishcage
Milkfish or bangus can be raised in tandem with rabbit fishes (siganids spp.) or danggit in marine floating-net cages. The recommended stocking ratio is 5:1, or 5 pieces bangus and 1 danggit at a...
View ArticleCulture and Production of Softshell Crab
Softshell crab is a crustacean seafood that can be eaten whole if cooked shortly after molting their hard shell. As crabs grow larger, their shells cannot expand, so they molt the exteriors and have a...
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