110,000 fingerlings dispersed in 16 communal water bodies
LINGAYEN–The provincial government, through its fishery fish farms, has dispersed anew a total of 110,000 pieces of tilapia fingerlings in two batches to 16 different communal bodies in two cities and three municipalities of Pangasinan.
Dalisay Moya, officer-in-charge of the Provincial Agriculture’s Office, said the fingerlings were dispersed in the cities of San Carlos and Urdaneta and in the towns of Calasiao, Sta. Barbara and Mapandan.
Some 55,000 pieces of fingerlings were dispersed last April 7 coming from the fish production of the San Quintin Provincial Freshwater Fish Hatchery while another 55,000 fingerlings were dispersed last April 12 from the production of the Libsong Fish Farm here.
Moya said that the two fish farms owned by the province has produced tilapia fingerlings of good quality known as brackishwater-enhanced saline tilapia purposely for dispersal to communal bodies of water like rivers, creeks, water impounding projects, dams and irrigation systems as fishery production areas.
The Espino administration has been relentless in increasing fish production thru aquaculture in ponds and fish cages as well as fish stock enhancement, which have provided access to fishfarmers in procuring good quality tilapia fingerlings.
Fish farmers in Pangasinan used to get fingerlings from the neighboring provinces of Tarlac or Nueva Ecija.
Furthermore, the project enhances fish population in communal bodies of water increasing fish catch and income for fisherfolks.
The provincial government, under the leadership of Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr., has developed a tilapia hatchery with a total area of about 7,600 sq. meter in Brgy. Gonzalo, San Quintin and upgraded the existing 1,840 sq. meter tilapia hatchery in Brgy. Libsong, Lingayen.
The development of the fish hatchery in San Quintin was completed in the second quarter of 2008 but its operation was just started later that year.
More fingerling dispersal projects are underway.
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