The Cultivation and biology of oysters at Bacoor Bay, Luzon /
Blanco, Guillermo J.
The Cultivation and biology of oysters at Bacoor Bay, Luzon / Guillermo J. Blanco, Domiciano K. Villaluz and Heraclio R. Montalban.
Includes bibliographical references
The artificial cultivation of osyters in Bacoor Bay is still in an experimental stage. Every conceivable oyster-culture practices here and abroad has been tries at the Binakayan Oyster Farm Station to popularize oyster farming in the Philippines. The utilization of our shallow seas, coves, bays, and estuaries to produce more food, for the growing population of our country is indeed a serious undertaking that necessitates moral as well as financial support. The Bureau of Fisheries shoulders the responsibility of planning a program of shellfish conservation for the State by educating our fishermen along modern methods of oyster farming through demonstration oyster farms built in strategic places throughout the Philippines. A review of the systematic position of the species of the genus Ostrea of the Philippines is embodied in this report. A general information of the life history of the oyster together with a discussion of the intensity of spatting. feeding of oysters, as well as essential factors affecting production is discussed in this paper.
English eng
2672-2836 (Online)
Mollusk culture--Philippines
Shellfish culture
Shellfish fisheries--Philippines
The Cultivation and biology of oysters at Bacoor Bay, Luzon / Guillermo J. Blanco, Domiciano K. Villaluz and Heraclio R. Montalban.
Includes bibliographical references
The artificial cultivation of osyters in Bacoor Bay is still in an experimental stage. Every conceivable oyster-culture practices here and abroad has been tries at the Binakayan Oyster Farm Station to popularize oyster farming in the Philippines. The utilization of our shallow seas, coves, bays, and estuaries to produce more food, for the growing population of our country is indeed a serious undertaking that necessitates moral as well as financial support. The Bureau of Fisheries shoulders the responsibility of planning a program of shellfish conservation for the State by educating our fishermen along modern methods of oyster farming through demonstration oyster farms built in strategic places throughout the Philippines. A review of the systematic position of the species of the genus Ostrea of the Philippines is embodied in this report. A general information of the life history of the oyster together with a discussion of the intensity of spatting. feeding of oysters, as well as essential factors affecting production is discussed in this paper.
English eng
2672-2836 (Online)
Mollusk culture--Philippines
Shellfish culture
Shellfish fisheries--Philippines