Luzon fish farmers seek lifting of ban on importation of live shrimp
Farm owners in Luzon have appealed for the lifting of a fishery administrative order issued by the government in 2001 banning the importation of live shrimp.
The ban was sought by 33 accredited growers of Peneus vannamei, a white shrimp specie, using fry that were produced by 1,000 breeders imported by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) from Hawaii last year.
Only the accredited growers are allowed so far to culture Peneus vannamei because of the existing ban on the importation of live shrimp.
Teofilo Rivera, a former provincial board member of Bulacan, and president of the White Shrimp Growers Association in Luzon, said the lifting of Fishery Administative Order No. 207, series of 2001, was sought during the Luzon-wide convention on Peneus vannamei here last week.
The convention held at the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Research and Development Center (NIFTRD) in Bonuan Binloc of the BFAR here was attended by Dr. Westly Rosario, interim director of the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI).
Rosario said the return of investment in P. vannamei is more than 100 percent, as growers are capable of producing from five to seven tons per hectare. The white shrimp variety can be harvested from 100 to 120 days.
The convention was held on the heels of a resolution also calling for the lifting of the ban signed by shrimp growers from Visayas and Mindanao.
Rivera, one of the 33 accredited growers of P. vannamei in Luzon, said he is culturing P. vannamei in his 14-hectare fishpond in Cabangan, Zambales and has been very successful so far.
Using post larvae produced by the NIFTDC here, Rivera said that in P. vannamei white shrimp, fish farmers could earn three to four times higher than in tilapia.
He said he found his shrimp not prone to diseases unlike the indigenous Tiger Prawn variety which he also stocked and wiped out by a disease in just one month.
"The lifting of the ban (on the import of live shrimp) is good for the shrimp industry and also good for the country because this is export-oriented," Rivera said.
Rivera lamented that there are still certain groups contesting the full use of P. vannamei in shrimp production, and still think that the Tiger Prawn is still the best shrimp variety for the country.
The former board member from Bulacan called on fish farmers throughout the country to be open-minded by shifting to P. vannamei where he said the big money really is. (PNA)
The ban was sought by 33 accredited growers of Peneus vannamei, a white shrimp specie, using fry that were produced by 1,000 breeders imported by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) from Hawaii last year.
Only the accredited growers are allowed so far to culture Peneus vannamei because of the existing ban on the importation of live shrimp.
Teofilo Rivera, a former provincial board member of Bulacan, and president of the White Shrimp Growers Association in Luzon, said the lifting of Fishery Administative Order No. 207, series of 2001, was sought during the Luzon-wide convention on Peneus vannamei here last week.
The convention held at the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Research and Development Center (NIFTRD) in Bonuan Binloc of the BFAR here was attended by Dr. Westly Rosario, interim director of the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI).
Rosario said the return of investment in P. vannamei is more than 100 percent, as growers are capable of producing from five to seven tons per hectare. The white shrimp variety can be harvested from 100 to 120 days.
The convention was held on the heels of a resolution also calling for the lifting of the ban signed by shrimp growers from Visayas and Mindanao.
Rivera, one of the 33 accredited growers of P. vannamei in Luzon, said he is culturing P. vannamei in his 14-hectare fishpond in Cabangan, Zambales and has been very successful so far.
Using post larvae produced by the NIFTDC here, Rivera said that in P. vannamei white shrimp, fish farmers could earn three to four times higher than in tilapia.
He said he found his shrimp not prone to diseases unlike the indigenous Tiger Prawn variety which he also stocked and wiped out by a disease in just one month.
"The lifting of the ban (on the import of live shrimp) is good for the shrimp industry and also good for the country because this is export-oriented," Rivera said.
Rivera lamented that there are still certain groups contesting the full use of P. vannamei in shrimp production, and still think that the Tiger Prawn is still the best shrimp variety for the country.
The former board member from Bulacan called on fish farmers throughout the country to be open-minded by shifting to P. vannamei where he said the big money really is. (PNA)
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