ASEAN/SF/87/Tech. 5 MILKFISH CULTURE IN PENS: AN ASSESSMENT OF ITS CONTRIBUTION TO OVERALL FISHERY PRODUCTION OF LAGUNA DE BAY by Medina N. Delmendo Project Coordinator ASEAN/UNDP/FAO Regional Small-Scale Coastal Fisheries Development Project Manila, Philippines 1987 TABLE OF CONTENTS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  1.   INTRODUCTION

  2.   EXPANSION OF FISHPEN OPERATIONS

  3.   LAGUNA DE BAY, PRIOR TO THE FISHPEN DEVELOPMENT

  4.   FISHPEN PRODUCTION OF LAGUNA DE BAY

  5.   THE SNAIL FISHERY

  6.   SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE FISHPEN

  7.   PRIVATE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS ON FISHPENS

  8.   PROBLEMS OF FISHPEN OPERATIONS

  9.   FISHPEN DEVELOPMENT REGULATION

10.   REFERENCES

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1.   Expansion of fishpen operations in Laguna de Bay

2.   Number of fishermen and fishing gears used

3.   Total fishery production of Laguna de Bay (in metric tons)

4.   Percentage contribution of major fishery products in the overall production of Laguna de Bay (in %)

5.   Fish production of aquaculture, 1984

6.   Fish production per hectare of lake area (in mt)

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1.   Laguna Lake Development Authority Region

2.   Looc fishpen

3.   Existing fishpens in Laguna de Bay

4.   Fishpen in Laguna de Bay