MID-LA UNION CAMPUS
COLLEGE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION
BACHELOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
“Homemade Boneless Bangus against Industrial Boneless Bangus”
In Partial Fulfilment
Of the requirements
In
Assessment of Learning
Second Semester, S.Y. 2012-2013
By
Zaila Cheska Madayag
Stephany Cabradilla
Chariz Solitario
Jessica Laigo
Nancy Arbiso
Norma Noces
Arnel Calica
Prof. Josephine E. Cacayan
Subject Teacher
January 22, 2013
INTRODUCTION
Fishing is an important industry in the Philippines. The average annual fish catch exceeds 2 million metric tons. Nearly half of the total catch is made by municipal and subsistence fishers who operate small boats in shallow coastal waters. The surrounding and inland seas of the Philippines yield crab, sardines, anchovies, tuna, scad, and mackerel. Shrimp, milkfish, and tilapia are raised in artificially created fishponds, in the fish-farming industry known as aquaculture. Much of the total catch is for domestic consumption, and about half of the protein in the Philippine diet comes from fish and other seafood. Shrimp and prawn exports to Japan are a significant source of foreign exchange. The pollution of coastal and inland waters and depletion of fish populations through overfishing have reduced the fishing sector’s productivity in some areas of the Philippines.
Milkfish (Chanos-chanos) or "bangus" is the leading commercial specie in the aquaculture industry. It can be cultivated in brackish water, marine and freshwater areas, in ponds, pens, and cages. Milkfish lays up to several million eggs in shallow, brackish water from the months of March to May. Milkfish aquaculture first occurred around 800 years ago in the Philippines and spread in Indonesia, Taiwan and into the Pacific. Traditional milkfish aquaculture relied upon restocking ponds by collecting wild fry. This led to a wide range of variability in quality and quantity between seasons and