Aquaculture

• Fish has always been an important item in the Filipino diet and is considered the cheapest source of protein.• At present, the culture of fish is still an expanding industry in the country; it is grown in fresh water ponds and reservoirs throughout the country.• Fish culture is an economic business activity.

Fish Capture

• In villages, fish capture is done with the use of fishing nets. The traditional and simple method of fish capture is the use of a fishing rod which consists of a hook tied to a string connected to a wooden bamboo or pole.

• Fish culture refers to raising fish for human consumption or for economic or business activity.• Fish preservation is the process of preserving the surplus fish in the market to prevent spoilage, wastage and instead gain additional profit.• Fishing is the process of taking or seizing fish using different tools or fishing gear.

• Today, fish capture uses more sophisticated instruments to assure a greater catch to be sold in the market.

• Depending on the fishing gear used, fishing methods can be classified into:– Hand Fishing– Barriers and Traps– Line– Nets– Poison and Dynamites

How to Construct a

Net• Basically , a net is composed of meshes• A mesh is a basic and construction consisting of 4 knots and 4 bars

Ways on Making a Net

• There are two ways of making a net: - Weaving by hand and the other is weaving by machine.• Both uses the same principle of making as many meshes as desired in terms of length or depth.

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Eileen B. Aycardo