VEM 005 - SAS 13: Aquaculture

66.9%

The total aquaculture production seaweed comprised a huge chunk of the country's aquaculture industry

1%

The Philippines contributes more or less this percent of global fared fish production today

Chanos chanos

Milk fish

Bangus

Enclosed in pens in brackish water

Brackish water

mix of seawater and freshwater

Bangus

Fry of this species are usually seen in seawater

Tilapia

Freshwater fish

Mozambique tilapia

Oreochromis mossambicus

Nile tilapia

Oreochromis niloticus

Mozambique tilapia

first introduced in the 1950s

Mozambique tilapia

has dark color and smaller size that is not widely accepted by consumers

Nile tilapia

introduced in the 1970s

Nile tilapia

bigger and lighter coloration

Carp

export product freshwater fish

Carp

not found palatable by Filipinos

Common carp

Cyrpinus carpio

Big head carp

Aristichthys nobilis

Carrageenan

a common natural food additive derived from red seaweed used as a thickener, stabilizer, and emulsifier in dairy products, ice cream, deli meats, and plant-based milks

Eucheuma spp.

Carrageenan

Gracilaria spp.

Red algae

Red algae

used as a source of water

Black tiger shrimp

Penaeus monodon

Black tiger shrimp

can be grown/cultured with bangus

Slipper cupped oysters

Crassostrea iredalae

Green mussel

Perna viridis

Oysters

source of pearls aside from Taklobo or giant clams

Tawilis

Sardinella tawilis

Tawilis

Freshwater sardine that can only be found in Taal Lake

Sinarapan

Mistichthys luzonensis

Sinarapan

smallest commercially fished fish in the world

Sinarapan

Only found in Lake Buhi in Camarines Sur