Pa-Aling: An alternative to muro ami? / Ramon I. Miclat and four others

By:

Miclat, Ramon I

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Material type: Article

ArticlePublisher: Quezon City, Philippines : Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources , 1991Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISSN:

2672-2836 (Online)

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Open access

In: Philippines. The Philippine Journal of Fisheries Volume 22, Issue no. ( 1991), page 39 - 48Abstract: 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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Vol info	Status	Date due	Barcode
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

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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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