Common fishfarm products which used to be taken for granted apparently hold the answer to the government's need for increasing agricultural productivity, generating more livelihood opportunities and earning valuable foreign exchange for the country. These products like apahap, sugpo, pla-pla, alimango, hipong puti, tahong, and talaba have been around in fishponds, marine farms, swamps, and coastal waters, but it is only recently that technological advances in their domestication, breeding, and culture have turned them into highly promising food crops to be reared in the Philippines' vast coastal and inland water resources.

Great promise in fishfarming (Part I). (1984, September 6). Bulleting Today, pp. 1, 5.