In Silaguin Bay, just off the coast of San Antonio, Zambales, a private firm is helping blaze the trail to increase local production of pompano, a delicious, high value aquaculture alternative to milkfish. Government data showed that in 2022, local production of pompano (scientific name trichinous blochii), only reached 457 metric tons – less than 3 percent of total imports of 16,004 tons during the same year. Last week, Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr., along with officials of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), visited Santeh Feeds Corp.’s Silaguin Bay Fish Farm.

DA backs initiative to boost local pompano production. (2024, January 23). Panay News, p. 14.