No to intensive 'bangus' production
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Milkfish culture may go on the way of the once lucrative prawn industry if its practitioners ignore what environmentalists are saying. Filipino milkfish farmers who practice the shallow water culture tend to favor Taiwan's method of intensive milkfish (chanos) production. The reason is obvious.
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No to intensive 'bangus' production. (1996, March 28). BusinessWorld, p. 13.
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