Mangrove-friendly aquaculture: A community research project

ity resea rc h p ro ject By MB SurtidaIn 1953, the pioneering Filipino fishery scientist Dr. D om iciano V illaluz wrote " ...it is apparent that Philippine coastal fishing banks have yielded their m axim um production and their productive capacities are dim inishing ... aside from this, the effects rendered on the fishing banks are disastrous in that the fishes are not given a chance for natural productivity."B ut it w as not until the 1970s when conservation and m an ag em en t o f c o a sta l reso u rces w ere given due attention.B y this time, unm is takable signs of degradation of coastal e n v iro n m e n ts and d e p le tio n of fish ery stocks could not be ignored.