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It is very important that immediately upon<br />

fish transfer or harvest; the compartments are<br />

immediately prepared to attain the production<br />

schedule of 4 to 8 crops per year. A typical<br />

production schedule is shown in Table 5. If the<br />

farm intends to use milkfish fry <strong>and</strong> grow these to<br />

fingerlings then the nursery procedure in Section<br />

14 <strong>and</strong> the procedure for transition <strong>and</strong> stunting<br />

in Section 15 is followed. Otherwise each module<br />

is operated <strong>and</strong> managed as follows:<br />

a) Follow water <strong>and</strong> fertilization management<br />

as well as care of stock as<br />

outlined in the Extensive Method<br />

(Section 16.1);<br />

b) The milkfish fingerlings to be stocked<br />

in the grow-out module are either<br />

reared in the farm or acquired from<br />

commercial nurseries (cost of producing<br />

own fingerlings <strong>and</strong> buying outside<br />

is almost the same but regular sup-<br />

<strong>Milkfish</strong> <strong>Production</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Processing</strong> Technologies in the Philippines<br />

ply <strong>and</strong> quality are not guaranteed).<br />

If the fingerlings come from other<br />

source acclimation should be done<br />

to prevent temperature <strong>and</strong> salinity<br />

shock as follows:<br />

• Let the transport containers float<br />

in the grow-out pond for 15 to 0<br />

minutes to equalize the temperature<br />

of the containers with the<br />

pond water;<br />

• If salinity difference between transport<br />

containers <strong>and</strong> grow-out pond<br />

is above 5ppt, gradually add pond<br />

water to transport containers until<br />

salinity is equalize before releasing<br />

the fingerlings;<br />

• Allow the fingerlings to swim out of<br />

the containers.<br />

Table 5. <strong>Production</strong> schedule of modular culture method<br />

TRANSITION POND FORMATION POND REARING POND<br />

1st Crop PP Feb 1 – Mar 14 PP Mar 14 - April 15 PP Apr 15 - May 16<br />

S 15-Mar S 16-Apr S 17-May<br />

CP Mar 15 - Apr 15 CP April 16 - May 16 CP May 17 - Jun 17<br />

T 16-Apr T 17-May H 18-Jun<br />

nd Crop PP Apr 17 - May PP May 18 - Jun PP Jun 19 – Jul 6<br />

S -May S 4-Jun S 6-Jul<br />

CP May - Jun CP Jun 4 - Jul 5 CP Jul 6 - Aug 6<br />

T 4-Jun T 6-Jul H 7-Aug<br />

rd Crop PP Jun 5 - Jul 5 PP Jul 7 - Aug 8 PP 9-Sep<br />

S 6-Jul S 8-Aug S 9-Sep<br />

CP Jul 6 - Aug 7 CP Aug 8 - Sep 8 CP Sep 9 - Oct 9<br />

T 8-Aug T 9-Sep H 10-Oct<br />

4 th Crop PP Aug 9 - Sep 9 PP Sep 10 - Oct 10 PP Oct 11 - Nov 11<br />

S 10-Sep S 11-Oct S 1 -Nov<br />

CP Sep 10 - Oct 10 CP Oct 11 - Nov 11 CP Nov 1 - Dec 1<br />

T 11-Oct T 1 -Nov H 14-Dec<br />

5 th Crop PP Dec 15 - Jan 15 PP Jan 17 - Feb 16 PP Feb 18 - Mar 18<br />

S 1 -Nov S 14-Dec S 16-Jan<br />

CP Nov 14 - Dec 1 CP Dec 14 - Jan 15 CP Jan 16 - Feb 16<br />

T 14-Dec T 16-Jan H 17-Feb<br />

6 th Crop PP Dec 15 - Jan 15 PP Jan 17 - Feb 16 PP Feb 18 - Mar 18<br />

S 16-Jan S 17-Feb S 19-Mar<br />

CP Jan 16 - Feb 16 CP Feb 17 - Mar 18 CP Mar 19 - Apr 1<br />

T 17-Feb T 19-Mar H 14-Apr<br />

LEGEND:<br />

PP - Pond Preparation<br />

S - Stocking<br />

CP - Culture Period<br />

T - Transfer<br />

H - Harvest<br />

Source: Baliao et al., 1999. The Modular Method. <strong>Milkfish</strong> Pond Culture. AEM No. 25 SEAFDEC Aquaculture Dept.

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