Industry Strategic Science and Technology Plans (ISPs) Platform
The program titled, “Improved Grow-out Technology for Sustainable Milkfish Industry Program” is composed of the following projects: Project 1: Improved culture management practices for milkfish in ponds and cagesImprovement of feed formulation for milkfish culture in ponds and cages Project 2: Improvement of feed formulation for milkfish culture in ponds and cages Project 3: Evaluation …
The program titled, “Enhancement of Milkfish Broodstock Management and Hatchery Practices for Production of Good Quality Fry” is composed of the following projects: Project 1: Improvement of fry quality in milkfish (Chanos chanos) through refinement of broodstock management Project 2: Improvement of milkfish hatchery technology through feed enrichment and bioencapsulation This program addressed the problem …
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To date, the Philippines has a number of milkfish hatcheries in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. However, fry supply is still not enough to supply the needs of milkfish growout ponds, pens and cages because a lot of surplus egg production in the hatcheries are just discarded due to limited larval tanks for production. Thus, the …
The project aimed to address the current problems of the Philippine Milkfish Industry such as declining supply of stocks from the wild, high mortality rate, and the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria through developing a novel dietary synbiotic product made from endogenous probiotics and under-utilized plant-based raw materials as prebiotic. Significant accomplishment of the project was …
To address the shortage in milkfish fry for grow-out culture, aquaculture researchers adopted the milkfish hatchery core-satellite scheme adopted from milkfish hatchery operation in Gondol, Bali, Indonesia. This scheme provides milkfish eggs for hatching to satellite hatcheries. The eggs come from a core hatchery that maintains the broodstock. The core hatchery sustains the milkfish satellite …
The automatic fry counter is a laser fry-counting tool that addresses the problem of rigorous and inaccurate manual counting of milkfish fry. The tool was designed to minimize stress during the counting process and reduce the overall period of counting. The design for the automatic fry counter has been based on initial observations of fry …
Automated and mechanized feeding systems are indispensable in smart aquaculture where precision and efficiency are imperative. However, the adoption of highly-sophisticated feeding systems can be cost-prohibitive. Researchers have developed prototypes of automated mechanical top and bottom feeders at a cost of PhP10,000-12,000 per unit which is 50% cheaper than commercially available imported feeders. The automatic …