MANAGEMENT OF FISHERY AND

AQUA CULTURE
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FISHERY MANAGEMENT
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• Fisheries are first and foremost a human activity that produces
income and food and
generates employment.

• fishing has been a major source of food for

humanity and a provider of employment and economic benefits
to those engaged in this activity

• Many of the world’s fisheries are challenged by a combination of

overcapacity,
overharvesting, habitat damage and low economic returns.

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AQUA CULTURE
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Aquaculture is regarded as the most
promising source of protein food in the years
ahead. Milkfish and Nile tilapia are the major
fishes now produced but groupers, sea bass,
rabbitfish, red snappers, carps, and catfishes
are grown by some farmers. The tiger shrimp
is still the most important cultured
crustacean, but white shrimps and mudcrabs
also have great potential. Oysters and
mussels are produced in considerable
amounts. Mariculture of the seaweed
Eucheuma is now a well established industry,
and the pond culture of Gracilaria for agar
extraction is beginning to take off 5
 FISHING
VESSEL

FISH
STOCK

FISHERS MARKET PEOPLE

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SOCIO ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ANF FISHERIES ECONOMIST
Caption 1
. Socio-economic analysis of
fisheries is used to support the
conservation and
management of fisheries
industries (e.g. FAO, 2001),
aquatic ecosystems and the
people who base their
livelihood on the exploitation
of aquatic resources.
Caption 2
Fisheries economists
study the economic
activities of harvesting
and the effects on
aquatic resource stocks
and environmental
assets
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The information obtained will help you to plan and manage the fisheries to achieve
different objectives:

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1. Improve (or at least maintain) earnings of fishers.
2. Restore the biomass of commercially important species to optimal
levels of
productivity.
3. Promote reliable supply of fish products to the population at
accessible prices.
4. Contribute to increased employment opportunities in the
secondary fisheries
sector.
5. Promote equity in the distribution of employment and income
between the fleet
segments and areas of the country.
Promote an improvement of the economic efficiency of the fisheries
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AQUA CULTURE IN THE
PHILIPPINES
In fact, aquaculture has a long
history in the country, starting with
the traditional, low-density culture
of milkfish in ponds, according to
the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources (BFAR).

Likewise, aquaculture has evolved

into more sophisticated
technology-based systems for the
culture of various species of fish,
shrimps, mollusks and seaweeds.

At present, the fisheries sector has

continuously seen the significance
of aquaculture.
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In addition, there is a need to fill the gap in fish
production as the estimated requirement for fry (fish
fry) in the Philippines is about 3.5 billion annually, while
local production is only at 2.5 billion a year.

“Oplan Balik Sugpo,” this program is a

partnership between SEAFDEC/AQD and BFAR.

Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center or Aquaculture Development

Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

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