Pa-Aling: An alternative to muro ami? / Ramon I. Miclat and four others
Material type: ArticlePublisher: Quezon City, Philippines : Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources , 1991Content type:- text
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Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Journal | NFRDI Central Office NFRDI KMRC Institutional Repository Collection | Electronic | SH 1 .B9524 1991 vol. 22 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Volume 22 (1991) | Available | IRC00029 | ||
Journal Article | NFRDI Central Office NFRDI KMRC Indexed Materials Collection | Electronic | Volume 22, Issue no. ( 1991), page 79 - 85 | Available | IMC000158 |
Includes bibliographical references
The Philippines’ coral reefs have been world renowned for their beauty and diversity of species, comprising over 400 coral species and may be over 1,000 of the 2,300 fish species found in the country’s territorial waters. Coral reef fisheries have been estimated to contribute from 15% to 25% of the total municipal fisheries in the country. More than 50% of the 62 million Filipinos are dependent on fish as the main source of protein. With an annual growth rate of around 2.8%, the coastal areas have experienced increasing fishing pressure on their marine resources. The intense fishing activity in these areas has oftentimes brought undesirable fishing practices which are either destructive (e.g., blastfishing and cyanide poisoning) or overly efficient (e.g., payaws). One of the fishing methods which have been subjects of controversy due to their deleterious impact on the coral reefs in muro-ami.
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