| Indicator 1 |
Number of Aquafarm |
| Definition |
Aquafarm refers to a farming facility used in the culture or propagation of aquatic species like fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and aquatic plants. It includes fishpond, fish pen, fish cage, fish tank, hatchery or “pangitlugan”, seaweed farm, oyster farm, mussel farm and other farms for culturing of pearl, cockles, and abalone.
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| Method of Computation / Estimation Procedure |
See attached:
2012 CAF Barangay Explanatory Text
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| Indicator 2 |
Legal Status of the Holder/Aquaculture Operator
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| Definition |
Legal status of the holder/aquaculture operator refers to the form of organization under which the aquaculture activity is undertaken. The operator may operate as an individual proprietor, partnership, corporation, cooperative, other private institution or government corporation/institution.
1. Individual proprietor is when the holding is operated by a person on his/her own account who may be the landowner, lessee, tenant or owner/lessee with hired manager.
2. Partnership is a form of business organization and ownership, whether or not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), that results from a contract between two or more competent persons to associate themselves in a common ownership and management of a lawful business enterprise for profit.
3. Corporation is an organization formed for a definite purpose, under authority obtained from the government, treated as an artificial person, separate and apart from its owners/stockholders. Thus, it can own property, make contracts, borrow money, sue and be sued, all in its name, without involving its unlimited number of owners/stockholders in any liability more than the money they have invested in it. Note that this refers to private corporations only.
4. Cooperative is an organization composed primarily of small producers and consumers who voluntarily join together to form a business enterprise, which they themselves own, control, and patronize.
5. Other private institution refers to an organization owned and operated by a group of persons with the same interest and who bonded themselves together. This excludes private corporations. Examples are charitable institutions, and private schools.
6. Government corporation/institution refers to an organization owned and operated by the government. Examples are penal colonies, agricultural schools, correctional institutions, National Development Corporation, Bureau of Plant Industry Experimental Station, University of the Philippines Los Baños Experimental Station, and Bureau of Animal Industry
7. Others, specify is a form of organization not among the categories mentioned above.
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| Indicator 3 |
Type of Aquafarm
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| Definition |
1. Fishpond refers to a body of water (artificial or natural) where fish and other aquatic products are cultured, raised or cultivated under controlled conditions. This is a land-based type of aquafarm.
Examples of species usually cultured in fishponds are milkfish (bangus), tilapia, hito (catfish), carp, siganid (samaral), sea bass (apahap), prawn (sugpo), shrimp (hipon), and crab (alimango).
2. Fish pen refers to a fish enclosure made of closely-woven bamboo screens, nylon screens or nets or other materials attached to poles staked at the bottom up to the surface of the lake, river or other shallow bodies of water for the purpose of growing and/or culturing of fish to various sizes in fresh, brackish and marine waters. A fish pen varies in shapes. Its enclosure covers the entire water depth from the water surface down to the bottom.
Note that fish corral (baklad) which is used for trapping fish in tidal waters or along the natural paths of fish is not considered fish pen. Both have similar features and materials used. The only difference is that a fish pen is a fish enclosure where fish from outside the enclosure cannot enter while a fish corral is constructed with openings to serve as fish trap.
Examples of species cultured in fish pens are milkfish (bangus), carp, tilapia and sea bass (apahap).
3. Fish cage refers to a stationary or floating fish enclosure made of synthetic net wire/bamboo screen or other materials set in the form of inverted mosquito net (hapa type) with or without cover with all sides either tied to poles staked to the bottom of the water or with anchored floats for aquaculture purposes.
A fish cage is suitable in the culture of fish species that burrow into the lake bottom because it limits the fish inside the confines of the cage.
Examples of species cultured in fish cages are milkfish (bangus), tilapia, carp, grouper (lapu-lapu), siganid (samaral), and sea bass (apahap).
4. Seaweed farm refers to a farm for cultivating seaweeds in suitable water areas by any method with appropriate intensive care for production in commercial quantities.
The culture of seaweeds may be carried out by tying them to stones, straw lines, nets and other instruments which are set in a manner that is elevated from the sea bottom to protect them from predators in the sea.
Examples of varieties of seaweeds which can be cultured are eucheuma (gozo), gracilaria (gulaman dagat), and caulerpa (lato).
Gathering of seaweeds is not classified under aquaculture but in the gathering of aquatic products under fishing operation.
5. Oyster farm refers to a farm for cultivating oysters in suitable water areas by any method with appropriate intensive care for production purposes.
6. Mussel farm refers to a farm for cultivating mussels in suitable water areas by any method with appropriate intensive care for production purposes.
7. Fish tank is a land-based structure made of wood, glass, metal or cement, usually rectangular or cylindrical in shape designed to grow and culture fish for breeding and seed fish production. It may be constructed below or above the ground level and capable of holding and interchanging water.
8. Hatchery or “pangitlugan” is an aquafarm where brood stock eggs are hatched and reared into fry in a body of water (artificial or natural) contained in tanks or ponds under controlled condition in fresh or saltwater environment.
9. Others (SPECIFY) includes aquafarms which cannot be classified in the aforementioned types of aquafarms. Examples are farms for culturing pearl, cockles, and abalone.
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| Method of Computation / Estimation Procedure |
See attached:
2012 CAF Explanatory Text
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| Source of Basic Data |
Census of Agriculture and Fisheries |
| Source Document/ Agency |
Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) |
| Frequency of Release |
Every 10 years |
| Latest Available |
2012 |
| Level of Disaggregation |
National/Regional/Provincial |
| Contacts |
Agriculture and Fisheries Census Division
Philippine Statistics Authority
17th Floor, Centris 3, EDSA Quezon Ave., Bgy. Pinyahan, Quezon City
Tel:(+632)3761834
afcd.staff@psa.gov.ph |