Aquaculture
The farming of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and aquatic plants.
Aquaculture
The characteristics and properties of the product that influence its acceptability to the buyer or consumer.
Quality
EEZ refers to the area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea which shall not extend beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines as defined under existing laws. EEZ stands for?
Exclusive Economic Zone
FMA is a bay, gulf, lake, or any other fishery area that may be delineated for fishery resource management purposes. FMA stand for?
Fisheries Management Area
Scientific Name of national fish, Milkfish (Bangus).
Chanos chanos
A microbial-based aquaculture system that recycles nutrients and improves water quality.
Biofloc Technology
TMAO is a naturally occurring compound found in fish and shellfish. TMAO stands for?
Trimethylamine Oxide
Which celestial body is commonly used for navigation due to its consistent position in the sky?
Polaris (North Star)
These fish are born in freshwater, then migrate to the ocean as juveniles where they grow into adults before migrating back into freshwater to spawn.
Anadromous fish
The largest fish
Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus)
A parasite in aquaculture species that occurs externally.
Ectoparasite
The progressive stiffening of muscle shortly after death.
Rigor Mortis
An administrative order which prohibits the operation of muro-ami and kayakas in all Philippine waters.
Fisheries Administrative Order 163
A designated area where fishing or other forms of activities which may damage the ecosystem of the area and human access may be restricted.
The only known freshwater sardine; endemic to Taal Lake, Philippines.
Sardinella tawilis
Refers to the number of population that a certain system can support.
Carrying Capacity
The period during which the product maintains its microbiological and chemical safety and sensory qualities at a specific storage temperature.
Shelf Life
A fish that is known for having the ability to inflate their body and produce tetrodotoxin?
Pufferfish
Main toxin associated to Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP).
This fish are protogynous hermaphrodites where born female and can change to male later in life, often when a dominant male is absent.
Grouper
Aquaculture production system that uses sustainable practices that limits negative impact to the environment, contribute to social community development, and generate economic profit.
Sustainable Aquaculture
“Self-breakdown or self-digestion” that results to the weakening, softening and discoloration of fish tissues.
Autolysis
CITES aims to regulate international in wild animals and plants to ensure that their survival is not threatened by such trade. CITES stands for?
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Four Types of Ecosystem Services.
Supporting Services, Provisioning Services, Regulating Services and Cultural Services
Animals that spends most or all of its life in the marine habitat. They belong to kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, and class Mammalia.
Marine Mammals