Exports of shrimps and prawns increased from 1,700 tons in 1975 to 4,200 tons in 1979 showing an equivalent increase in revenue from P50M to P264M. Seventy percent of all prawns exported from the Philippines in 1982 were pond-reared.

SEAFDEC-TLRC seminar on prawn hatchery operations and management. (1987, October 20). Manila Bulletin, p. 1.