Thursday, May 5, 2011

Aquaculture raises production stakes

Aquaculture in the Philippines raised its share of the country’s marine production last year to 51 percent according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). BFAR Director Malcolm I. Sarmiento, Jr. said that aquaculture was first among the three fishery subsectors in the country with a harvest of 2.7 million tonnes.

Municipal water yield was only 1.2 million tonnes while commercial fishing operations produced only 1.1 million tonnes, he told BusinessWorld. "This is the trend worldwide. Data shows that production coming from aquaculture all over the world already represents about 50 percent of the total global supply of fish," Mr. Sarmiento said during the recent inauguration of a multi-species hatchery. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers
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