The Philippines recommends for milkfish
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With the aim to provide updated technology for milkfish production, the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) published a new edition of The Philippines Recommends (PR) for Milkfish, which was first published in 1983.
Written by experts on aquaculture from Santeh Aquaculture Science and Technology Foundation, Inc., University of the Philippines (UP) Visayas-College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD), and UP Los Baños-College of Economics and Management, the book consists of up-to-date material on milkfish production from fry and fingerling production, grow-out culture, up to postharvest handling and processing.
It also tackles pond and cage culture in detail and marketing and cost and return analysis in milkfish production. The PR for Milkfish 2016 includes information from PCAARRD-funded National Milkfish R&D Program.
The book hopes to lessen the country’s dependence on imported fry as it encourages sufficient investment in hatcheries and active participation of smallholders in larval rearing and fry production.
Suggested Citation
The Milkfish Technical Committee 2016. (2016). The Philippines recommends for milkfish. Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines: DOST-PCAARRD.
Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgment
- The Milkfish Technical Committee
- Glossary of Terms
- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Introduction
- Commodity Profile
- Fry Production
- Broodstock Development and Management
- Hatchery Technology
- Market Outlets and Supply Chain
- Cost and Return
- Fingerling Production
- Nursery/Fingerling Production System
- Pond Preparation
- Fry Sourcing
- Stocking of fry in the Nursery Pond
- Care of Stock in the Nursery
- Nursery Harvest or Transfers
- Counting, Packing, and Transport
- Market Outlets
- Cost and Return
- Pond Culture
- Site Selection
- Pond Layout and Design
- Construction
- Pond Preparation
- Feeds and Feeding
- Water Management
- Health Management
- Preventive Measures against Off-flavor
- Grow-Out System
- Mechanization
- Harvesting and Market Outlets
- Cost and Return
- Cage Culture
- Fingerling Sourcing, Conditioning, and Transport
- Acclimation and Stocking
- Site Selection
- Cage Design and Layout
- Culture Techniques
- Feeds and Feeding
- Health Management
- Precautionary Measures against Fishkill
- Harvesting and Market Outlets
- Cost and Return
- Market Supply Chain
- Pen Culture
- Postharvest Handling and Processing
- Postharvest Handling
- Hygiene and Sanitation among Fish Harvesters and Handlers
- Different Product Forms
- Market Outlets
- Exports
- References
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Taxonomic term
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