Challenges and Opportunities in the Culture of Giant Freshwater Prawn in the Philippines

• Main Author: Ragaza, Janice A
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2016
• Subjects: Aquaculture and Fisheries; Biology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/biology-faculty-pubs/47; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1049&context=biology-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Amid the irremediable decline of capture fisheries, the Philippine government has identified aquaculture as a sector that will ensure food security and generate new job opportunities geared toward the country’s goal of economic development (Nagothu and Ortiz 2007). Aquaculture of giant freshwater pr...