Milkfish hatchery-reared fry as good as wild-caught say Panay fishfarmers

I. Tendencia Milkfish hatchery-reared fry as good as wild-caught say Panay fishfarmersBy MB Surtida AQD's collaboration with the private sector is an ongoing research activity in line with its mandate to transfer aquaculture technology.For milkfish, t h e a d o p t -a -m i l k f i s h -b r o o d s t o c k scheme was launched in 1993 to enable the private sector to gain experience in maintaining breeders for commercial applications in their own facilities.An offshoot of this scheme is the sale of milkfish fry to fishfarmers with the agreement that data regarding the performance of the fry be made available to AQD researchers.Such collaborations have been made with farmers in Panay (west central Philippines).