RP starts pilot aquaculture support system program
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Abstract
The Philippines has set into motion an aquaculture industry development support scheme, jointly undertaken by 4 institutions. The project model provides for two components: a macro component which covers the island of Panay, and a micro or village level component concerned with milkfish, crustacean (including sugpo, or tiger prawn), and mollusc production. Details of the proposed infrastructure, technology, field implementation and management are given.
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Philippines. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center. Aquaculture Department Development Academy of the Philippines Aquaculture--Technology transfer
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SEAFDEC/AQD (1978). RP starts pilot aquaculture support system program. Asian Aquaculture , 1(5), 1-3. http://hdl.handle.net/10862/6428
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