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Water quality in Imbang river, Negros Occidental: effluents and pollutant loads from agriculture, sugar mills, households, and shrimp farms
(Bureau of Agricultural Research, Department of Agriculture, 2007)
An ecological assessment of Imbang River in Negros Occidental was undertaken from December 1992 to February 1995. The effluents from sugar mills, households, shrimp farms, sugarcane plantations and rice fields were ...
Agricultural run-off and pollution in Imbang River, Negros Occidental
(Bureau of Agricultural Research, Department of Agriculture, 2007)
This study determined the concentration of key pollutants carried by agricultural run-off from the drainage area of Imbang River, Negros Occidental over a two-year period. The quantities loaded into the river were estimated ...
Adaptation of integrated fish-duck-pig farming system in Leyte
(Bureau of Agricultural Research, Department of Agriculture, 2007)
Adaptation of a fish-duck-pig integrated farming system was conducted at the Busay Freshwater Experimental Farm in Babatngon, Leyte. Genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) and common carp (at a ratio of 4:1) were stocked ...
Grow-out of the tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon in floating net cages in Batan Bay, northern Panay
(Bureau of Agricultural Research, Department of Agriculture, 2007)
The effects of two stocking densities and two feed combinations on growth, survival and production of the giant tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon in floating net cages were studied in an attempt to refine the existing technology ...
Treatment of shrimp pond effluents by sedimentation and by seaweed and mussel biofiltration
(Bureau of Agricultural Research, Department of Agriculture, 2007)
Tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon were stocked in three 1,000 m<sup>2</sup> ponds at 12,000 juveniles/pond and grown for 141 days. Water quality in the ponds was monitored over the grow-out period, particularly before and after ...
Socioeconomic profile of tuna fishers in northwestern Luzon
(Bureau of Agricultural Research, Department of Agriculture, 2007)
A study of tuna fishers in northwestern Luzon (Region I) was done by means of a questionnaire. The 511 respondents included 178 from Ilocos Sur, 200 from La Union, and 133 from Pangasinan. Most of them were younger than ...
Assessment of grouper resources around Zamboanga City and Basilan, Philippines
(Bureau of Agricultural Research, Department of Agriculture, 2007)
A total of 2,643 kg of groupers were collected from six markets (96% of the biomass) and from prescribed fish traps in three fishing grounds (106 kg, 4%) around Zamboanga City and Basilan from November 1993 to October 1994. ...
Diet and sexual maturity of yellowfin and skipjack tuna taken by hand lines from fish-aggregating 'payaw' off northwestern Luzon
(Bureau of Agricultural Research, Department of Agriculture, 2007)
Skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis and yellowfin or albacore tuna Thunnus albacares taken by hand lines from the 'payaw' off La Union and Ilocos Sur were sampled from April 1994 until August 1995. Skipjack ranged from 28 cm ...
Use of soybean meal and rice bran in formulated diets for the grouper Epinephelus coioides
(Bureau of Agricultural Research, Department of Agriculture, 2007)
Two diets were formulated to include 8–14% soybean meal and 9–18% rice bran, 34–40% fish meal, 4–5% mussel meal, and 7–8% Acetes shrimp meal, and 11–13% cod liver oil. Soy bean meal and rice bran were included at 4:1 ratio ...
The tuna fishery off northwestern Luzon: catch of purse seines and hand lines operating around fish-aggregating 'payaw'
(Bureau of Agricultural Research, Department of Agriculture, 2007)
The tuna fishery along northwestern Luzon was studied from March 1994 to April 1995. About 120 units of fish aggregating ‘payaw’ were set 20–100 km offshore and fished by about 350 handline boats and 6 purse seines. The ...