RP milkfish fry shortage hits alarming level of 1.6B

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January 11, 1998

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Philippine News Agency (PNA)

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PS19980111_18

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According to supervising aquaculturist Nelson Lopez of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), the initial findings done by the BFAR-Aquaculture Division, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) have more or less validated earlier findings that bangus fry requirement is significantly increasing and is outstripping supply coming from the wild.

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RP milkfish fry shortage hits alarming level of 1.6B. (1998, January 11). The Philippine Star, p. 18.