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FISH FARMING
Fish Farming
• Fish farming is the business or industry of producing fish
through husbandry and is synonymous to fish culture. In
broader terms, fish farming is a part of aquaculture, which deals
with the culture of plants and animals in water. The farming of
fish includes breeding, rearing of the young and the grow-out of
juvenile fish to adult or harvestable fish.
• Fishes are cultured in freshwater, brackish water and seawater
for food, recreation, and other purposes. Suitable fishes for
culture are those that can easily be bred, grow fast, and have a
good market. Species that are hardy and can tolerate crowding
are also preferred.
Extensive Fish Farming
System
• ● least managed form of fish farming
• ● fish depends only on natural food
• ● large ponds measuring 1 to 5 ha in area
• ● stocking density limited to only less than 5000 fishes/ha.
• ● no supplemental feeding or fertilization of water provided
• ● yield (500 to 2 ton/ha), and survival is low.
Semi-intensive Fish
Farming System
• ● involves rather small ponds (0.5 to 1 hectare in an area)
• ● with higher stocking density (10000 to 15000 fish/ha).
• ● care is taken to develop natural foods by fertilization with/without
supplemental feeding. However, the major food source is natural food.
• ● yield is moderate (3 to 10 ton/ha)
Intensive Fish Farming
System
• ● highly managed form of fish farming
• ● involves small ponds/tanks/raceways
• ● with very high stocking density (10-50 fish/m3 of water)
• ● fish are fed wholly with formulated feed.
• ● control of water quality by use of aerators
• ● control of feeding by use of commercial feed.
• ● yield is high 15 to 100 ton/ha or more
Integrated Aquaculture
System
• ● fish culture is integrated with
agricultural crops such as rice, banana
and coconut, thereby producing fish and
agricultural crops.
• ● includes rice-fish integration,
horticulture-fish system, mushroom-fish
system, Seri-fish system.
FISH
MILKFISH
• ● Herbivorous feeding habit, which reduces production cost and gives more profit to the
farmer.
• ● Rapid growth rate compared to other herbivorous fishes.
• ● Readily acceptance of formulated pellet feed under culture conditions.
• ● Easy culture practice with other cultivable species like Shrimps, Mullet, Tilapia, and
Carps, etc.
• ● Due to its non – cannibalistic nature, stocking density can be high in culture
conditions compared to other finfishes.
• ● Tolerance of wide range of salinity makes them suitable to culture in different salinity.
• ● Shiny, attractive appearance makes it potential live bait in the tuna industry.
TILAPIA
• Tilapia is a good fish for culture, it can be breed in ponds,

cages, or fish pens. It feeds voraciously on most natural
food like planktons, bottom biota present in ponds, but
prefer vegetative foods.
• Tilapia is a common name for nearly 100 species of
tilapia used in culturing fish. Many people culture tilapia
because it is easy to raise and it is a fast-growing fish and
can survive in any bodies of water either in seawater or in
freshwater and any type of environment.
CATFISH
• Clarias batrachus is a black, slippery fish with mustache to aid it
in swimming. It is called catfish in English, hito in Ilocos, ito in
Pampanga, and pantat in Pangasinan, Cebu and Iloilo. Catfish
are resistant to diseases, can be stocked at high densities,
and tolerates low water quality. Catfish are usually found in
marshes, rice fields, swamps, streams, rivers, lakes irrigation
canals, or in any body or fresh water.
• Catfish are carnivores, but can feed on small bottom dwelling
animals, rice bran, kitchen refuse, fish meal, or formulated
feeds.
GROUPERS
• Groupers, popularly known as "lapu-lapu" in some

Philippine dialects, are important marine fishes.
They are characterized by thick-set or stout bodies,
slightly elongate with brown spots or blotches. They
also have very large mouths and normally
protruding lower jaw. It is, however, difficult to
differentiate one species from another due to the
fishes' ability to change its colors.
• Marketing – the action or business of promoting and selling products or services, including animals
and fish.Marketing is the process of interesting potential customers and clients in your products
and/or services.
Here are some ways to
market farm produce.
1.Direct farm sales
• You can sell animal or fish

by-products directly from
your farm. This is a very
convenient way to generate
income since there is no
extra cost for rent. All your
selling transactions can be
done within your farm.
2.Farmers market/livestock auction
market
• As an animal raiser/farm
operator, you should be on
the lookout for events such
as livestock auction
markets or similar events in
your area where people
from nearby provinces
come to buy livestock
direct from raisers
themselves.
3.Farm to market
• Some farming
families or
entrepreneurs also
have meat shop or
fish stall in the nearby
wet market to sell
their own animal
products.
4.Restaurants
• One possible
livestock client can be
the nearby
restaurants in your
area. You could
establish “suki”
system.
5.Selling through the internet
• Due to the wide coverage of
the internet, aside from
placing advertisements on
different websites, you
could also use social media
to market your animal and
fish farm products and
services.
6.Selling through middlemen
• There are entrepreneurs and
there are people who work with
entrepreneurs to make deals
with other entrepreneurs,
resellers, and dealers. These
are called middlemen.
Middlemen are people who buy
goods from animal and fish
raisers and sell them to
retailers or other consumers.

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FISH FARMING

• Tilapia is a good fish for culture, it can be breed in ponds,

• Groupers, popularly known as "lapu-lapu" in some

• You can sell animal or fish

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