A fish forum in the Philippines has discussed the potential of pangasius aquaculture. Local farmers, Municipal Agriculture Officers, and businessmen of Rizal
province recently attended Department of Trade and Industry
(DTI)-Rizal’s Investment Opportunity Forum on the fish called pangasius
Antipolo City.
Romy Pol of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources – National
Inland Fisheries Training Center briefed the attendees on the
characteristics and history of pangasius.
According to Pol, pangasius comes from the family of the catfish and
originates from the Mekong River which runs through China, Myanmar,
Vietnam, and Thailand. The specie is very hardy and lays around 50,000
eggs. However, studies show that pangasius only lays eggs in the Mekong
River and must be induced to lay eggs in other habitats or fishponds.
The fish also only reach sexual maturity after two to three years. BFAR
also reiterated that pangasius are only allowed to be bred in inland
fishponds in the country.
The team at AM, one of Australia's most popular radio shows, is into all things aquaculture at the moment. The team is on the Gold Coast reporting from Australia's largest tiger prawn farm.
The Scottish Salmon Company has submitted plans for a new farm site at Reibinish with the potential to farm 2,000 tonnes of salmon the application is one of three being considered by the Scottish based and operated salmon farming
company for Harris.
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| Pangasius in aquarium. Русский: Pangasius in aquarium. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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