Philippine hatcheries ramp-up milkfish production

摘要

The milkfish is the national fish of the Philippines and an expanding program is underway on the island nation to build aquaculture capacity for the species. It will do this with the aid of the area's Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, known as SEAFDEC for short. Dr. Relicardo Coloso is team leader for the program overseeing milkfish at the research and development centre, and he said recently that one of the main reasons SEAFDEC decided to concentrate on the species is the widespread enjoyment and acceptance of it as a foodfish in the region.