Aquaculture Flashcards
- Being an archipelago, this country is able to harness and use the bounties of the sea
- Contributes more or less 1% of global farmed fish production today
- Contributed 5% of the global farmed fish production
- 66.9% of the total aquaculture production seaweed comprised a huge chunk of the country’s aquaculture industry
PHILIPPINES
- Milk fish or bangus
- National fish of the Philippines
- They are enclosed in pens in brackfish water (a mix of seawater and freshwater)
- Fry of this species are usually seen in seawater
CHANOS CHANOS
Freshwater fish
TILAPIA
Two species of Tilapia
A. MOZAMBIQUE (OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS)
B. NILE (OROCHROMIS NILOTICUS)
- First introduced in the 1950s
- Has dark color and smaller size that is not widely accepted by consumers
MOZAMBIQUE TILAPIA
- Was introduced in the 1970s
- Bigger and lighter coloration
NILE TILAPIA
- Fresh water fish
- Export product
- Filipinos do not find this to be palatable
CARP
Two species of Carp
A. CYRPINUS carpio - COMMON CARP
B. ARISTICHTHYS nobilis - BIG HEAD CARP
- Due to the demand for carrageenan that is use in the production of gelatin and toothpaste
- Cultured in brackish water
SEAWEEDS
Seaweed produces carrageenan
EUCHEUMA SPP.
Number 1 exporter of carrageenan
PHILIPPINES
Used as source of agar
GRACILARIA (RED ALGAE)
Scientific name of Black Tiger Shrimp
PENAEUS MONODON
Can be grown/culture with bangus
BLACK TIGER SHRIMP
- Found in seawater
- Source of pearls aside from taklobo or giant clams
SLIPPER CUPPED OYSTERS (CRASSOSTREA IREDALAE) and GREEN MUSSEL (PERNA VIRIDIS)
Fresh water sardine that can only be found in Taal Lake
TAWILIS
Scientific name of Tawilis
SARDINELLA TAWILIS
- Smallest commercially fished fish in the world
- Only found in Lake Buhi in Camarines Sur
SINARAPAN
Scientific name of Sinarapan
MISTICHTHYS LUZONENSIS
