Early this year, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), started developing the tilapia which could withstand up to 30 ppt salinity to take the pace of bangus, the most domesticated fish known to Filipinos. There was a time last year when the salinity of fishponds could not be endured by bangus, and fishponds had no fish at all. Tilapia has come up fast as the next domesticated fish to bangus (milkfish).

Caoile, C. (1999, May 10). BFAR develops tilapia fishpond industry. Manila Bulletin, p. 36.