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Growth and yield of the grouper Epinephelus coioides fed 'trash fish' at different rates and frequencies in floating net cages
(Bureau of Agricultural Research, Department of Agriculture, 2007)
The effects of various feeding rates and frequencies on the growth and survival of orangespotted grouper Epinephelus coides were determined in floating net cages in Tiniguiban Cove, Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Juveniles ...
Shrimp pond effluents and water quality in Imbang River, Negros Occidental
(Bureau of Agricultural Research, Department of Agriculture, 2007)
The contribution of shrimp farm effluents to the pollution load in Imbang River, Negros Occidental was measured during the period May 1993 to February 1995. Shrimp pond effluents were characterized and the pollution load ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Changes in the fish diversity and abundance on a heavily fished fringing reef on Santiago Island, Pangasinan, Philippines
(Bureau of Agricultural Research, Department of Agriculture, 2007)
Fish assemblages on the reef slope, reef flat, and seagrass beds on Santiago Island were sampled over 18 months in 1992-1993 as part of a 6-year reef monitoring project started in 1986. Abundance and species diversity were ...
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 ...
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. ...