Milkfish, known to science as Chanos chanos, is the main product of some 200,000 hectares of brackishwater ponds in the Philippines. It contributes 130,000 metric tons to the country's total fish production. This is 10 percent of all fish produced or captured by the Philippine fishery industry. Bangus, the local name of milkfish, is also cultured in some of the country's 300,000 hectares of inland water, more prominently in Laguna de Bay, where four to five tons per hectare a year can be produced, in combination with carps and tilapia.

Milkfish - from the wild to the farm. (1983, July 14). Bulletin Today, pp. 1, 10.