Lesson 1 - 1.1 - Introduction to Aquaculture/Common Fish in The Philippines

Fisheries

refers to all activities relating to the act or business of fishing, culturing, preserving, processing, marketing, developing, conserving, and managing aquatic resources and the fishery areas including the privilege to fish or take aquatic resources thereof (RA 8550 or Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998)

Municipal fishing

covers fishing operation carried out with or without the use of a boat weighing 3 gross tons or less

Commercial fishing

refers to the catching of fish with the use of fishing boats with a capacity of more than 3 gross tons for trade, business, or profit beyond subsistence or sports fishing

Aquaculture

fishery operation involving all forms of raising and culturing fish and other fishery species in marine, brackish water and freshwater environment

Aquaculture

is breeding, raising, and harvesting fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants.

• ponds, cages, pens

• seaweed farms, hatcheries

• mussel, oyster, etc.

Examples of aquaculture

Seawater

refers to inshore and open waters and inland seas in which the salinity generally exceeds 20%

Freshwater

refers to water without salt or marine origin, such as generally found in lakes, rivers, canals, dams, reservoirs, paddy fields, and swamps

Brackish water

mixture of seawater and freshwater with salinity that varies with the tide. Examples: estuaries, mangroves, and mouths of rivers where seawater enters during high tide

Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)

refers to the sea covering the area 200 nautical miles from the shores

Tilapya

Bangus

Tulingan

Budburon

Bolinao/Dilis

Anduhaw

Morong

Maya-maya

Danggit

Bilong Bilong

Common fish in the Philippines