Breakthrough in freshwater shrimp breeding made
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Breakthrough in freshwater shrimp breeding made
Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Montemayor announced recently that commercial hatchery operations of freshwater shrimp is now viable in the country after researchers of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) had succeeded in prolonging the lifespan of the crustacean during its larval stage.
The DA chief said with the success in BFAR’s research efforts, it is now possible for the freshwater shrimp, scientifically named macrobrachium rosenbergii, and popularly called “ulang”, to achieve a 70 percent average post larvae survival rate from the previous record of 46 percent. “This is definitely a research breakthrough,” an obviously elated secretary said.
“With this technological success, its now possible for our farmers, aquaculture businessmen and hatchery operators to engage in commercial freshwater shrimp production, ushering a new sub-sector in the shrimp and prawn industry,” he added.
Montemayor said by applying an indigenous laboratory process and replicating the procedure in controlled and natural environments, BFAR scientists at the National Freshwater Fisheries Technology Development Center in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, had been able to achieve the 70 percent post larvae survival rate in July 2001.
He said the feat of the Muñoz breeders over-shadowed BFAR scientists based at the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center in Bonuan District, Dagupan City, who announced in May 2001 of a similar breakthrough by improving the previous survival rate of the “ulang” from 25 to 46 percent.
With a 25 percent survival rate, it was simply impossible to breed the shrimp for commercial production, more so if the fry would be transported to distant locations because of the potentially high risk they undergo while on travel, BFAR official explained.
BFAR director Malcolm Sarmiento said that in line with the pro-poor Ginintuang Masaganang Ani (GMA) program of the government under President Arroyo, the first batches of the “ulang” fry bred by his bureau has already been distributed to the private sector, particularly among farmers engaged in rice and fish culture.
“From the traditional rice and fish culture, we are helping farmers shift to rice and shrimp culture to enable them to increase their profitability and improve their living standards.”
He pointed out that while Pangasinan and Nueva Ecija farmers had been the immediate beneficiaries of the shrimp breakthrough due to their proximity to the research centers, wider distribution of the fry will be made in different regions of the country as soon as breeding stock multiply enough to meet a project high demand.
Breakthrough in freshwater shrimp breeding made
Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Montemayor announced recently that commercial hatchery operations of freshwater shrimp is now viable in the country after researchers of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) had succeeded in prolonging the lifespan of the crustacean during its larval stage.
The DA chief said with the success in BFAR’s research efforts, it is now possible for the freshwater shrimp, scientifically named macrobrachium rosenbergii, and popularly called “ulang”, to achieve a 70 percent average post larvae survival rate from the previous record of 46 percent. “This is definitely a research breakthrough,” an obviously elated secretary said.
“With this technological success, its now possible for our farmers, aquaculture businessmen and hatchery operators to engage in commercial freshwater shrimp production, ushering a new sub-sector in the shrimp and prawn industry,” he added.
Montemayor said by applying an indigenous laboratory process and replicating the procedure in controlled and natural environments, BFAR scientists at the National Freshwater Fisheries Technology Development Center in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, had been able to achieve the 70 percent post larvae survival rate in July 2001.
He said the feat of the Muñoz breeders over-shadowed BFAR scientists based at the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center in Bonuan District, Dagupan City, who announced in May 2001 of a similar breakthrough by improving the previous survival rate of the “ulang” from 25 to 46 percent.
With a 25 percent survival rate, it was simply impossible to breed the shrimp for commercial production, more so if the fry would be transported to distant locations because of the potentially high risk they undergo while on travel, BFAR official explained.
BFAR director Malcolm Sarmiento said that in line with the pro-poor Ginintuang Masaganang Ani (GMA) program of the government under President Arroyo, the first batches of the “ulang” fry bred by his bureau has already been distributed to the private sector, particularly among farmers engaged in rice and fish culture.
“From the traditional rice and fish culture, we are helping farmers shift to rice and shrimp culture to enable them to increase their profitability and improve their living standards.”
He pointed out that while Pangasinan and Nueva Ecija farmers had been the immediate beneficiaries of the shrimp breakthrough due to their proximity to the research centers, wider distribution of the fry will be made in different regions of the country as soon as breeding stock multiply enough to meet a project high demand.