St. Peter's fish aquaculture and economics husbandry

• Main Authors: Dychingco, Mirasol, Girao, Melissa, Ong, Danilo
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1991
• Subjects: Business > Data processing; Office information systems; Information storage and retrieval systems > Agriculture; File organization (Computer science); Database design; Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Bureau of; Computer Sciences
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/6460
• Institution: De La Salle University

Tilapia just the sound of the word brings a monumental insipidity that flutters unpleasant sound in the ear of the receiver and doubtless gaucherie on the part of the speaker. A major reason why the name was excluded from the title and exchanged for a more aromatic St. Peter's Fish . Aquatic chicken is another name for the fish but it was dismissed because it has the same ring to it as the original name. Besides, St. Peter's Fish had a touch of holiness in it (a hope for divine intervention?. In spite of the alteration, the group was not left unscathed from facetious laughter. A great effort in the study fell on research. It was a herculean task finding the people with the right technical skill. Some were cooperative, some were not. The group visited Munoz, Nueva Ecija frequently until all needed information were gathered. The group suffered on set-backs because two of its main experts lived for a year in the United States. Systems analysis and the design for the proposed system followed. It would be a prevarication to claim that the group endured no difficulty in conducting the whole study. The group experienced grave work. The Philippines is known to have rich natural resources. One proof is the bodies of water teeming with fishes. However, the supply cannot last long. Fish culture was developed to offset this fact. Fishermen started with the culture of milkfish, Tilapia eventually followed. Later, culturing fishes in artificial fishponds did not only serve the entire nation but the Asian market. Tilapia has become an export product. The Philippines ranks number one in the production of Tilapia in the world. A number of interested parties have tried the Tilapia fishpond business and ended up disappointed. There could have been different reasons for the failure but the study included in its scope two of these reasons: lack of planning and improper management. Planning in the study is actually Financial study. This process produces financial projections and a financial analysis. These reports are generated upon the request of would-be fishpond operators. Pond management involves monotonous processes and a good amount of record keeping. Decisions for the fishpond are done daily through the reports garnered from the different processes under it. A major problem in the system is its lack of a more systematic process which computerization can contribute to. Reports necessary for decision-making in fishpond management were not produced. There were some reports being drawn-up but were found insufficient to arrive at an excellent decision. There was a careful evaluation of what reports to include. The evaluation criteria took into consideration what reports the farm manager needs to be able to manage the fishpond well. With the proposed system, the identified problems were solved. The proposed system used Foxbase+ as its programming language. Foxbase+ is good in handling databases. The system is governed by the maintenance of files where the programming language is good at. Most business enterprises have shifted into computerization. Others are on the way towards computerizations. Automation has eliminated manual processing which is prone to inaccuracies. The proposed system has attempted to improve the present system through computerization.