Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Name: Date: 5/29/2021 - Year & Sec:: Subject
Name: Date: 5/29/2021 - Year & Sec:: Subject
ACTIVITY:
1. What the common species of tilapia were cultured in the Philippines?
There are two tilapia species that are being cultured in freshwater ponds in the
Philippines:
Oreochromis Mossambicus is commonly mated with other tilapia species to
produce all-male fingerlings. When stocked in a common enclosure, monosex tilapias such
as all-male tilapias are observed to grow faster than when rearing female and male tilapias
communally. When the growout enclosures contain only male fish, early breeding and
stunting are prevented and yields are higher.
The Mozambique or ‘Java’ tilapia is generally black in color. The underside of the
head is white, and dorsal and caudal fins have red margins. The O. mossambicus can
thrive in freshwater, brackishwater and/or seawater and it is the most common tilapia
found in coastal waters upstream of the surf zone. This tilapia breeds in short and
successive cycles. It is a commercial food fish, and the small-sized Mozambique tilapias are
also used as forage fish for carnivorous marine fishes like groupers, snappers, and sea
bass. This fish accounts for about 10% of world tilapia production.
One way of increasing fish yield in the farm is to use single sex or specifically, all
male tilapia fingerlings for grow- out. Male tilapias grow faster and larger than females
when grown separately.
Males are used for monosex culture because male tilapia grow faster than females.
Females use considerable energy in egg production and do not eat when they are
incubating eggs. Male monosex culture permits the use of longer culture periods, higher
stocking rates and fingerlings of any age. High stocking densities reduce individual growth
rates, but yields per unit area are greater. If the growing season can be extended, it
should be possible to produce fish weighing one pound (454 grams) or more. Expected
survival for all-male culture is 90 percent or greater. A disadvantage of male monosex
culture is that female fingerlings are discarded.