Post-harvest handling practices for glass eel along rivers and tributaries in Lagonoy Gulf, Philippines

Post-harvest handling practices for glass eel along rivers and tributaries in Lagonoy were documented to satisfy the lack of information on the eel fishery in the Gulf. Data collection was done using key informant interview and direct fishing observation. Finding reveals that post-harvest handling p...

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Published inAquaculture, Aquarium, Conservation & Legislation Vol. 12; no. 5; pp. 1662 - 1671
Main Authors Nieves, Plutomeo M, Nolial, John C C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cluj-Napoca Bioflux SRL 01.10.2019
Subjects
Aquaculture
Catadromous fishes
Chanos chanos
Chlorine
Data collection
Economic importance
Economics
Eels
Endangered & extinct species
Fisheries
Fishery data
Fishing
Handling
Marine fishes
Pathogens
Rivers
Salinity
Tributaries
Philippines
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Summary:Post-harvest handling practices for glass eel along rivers and tributaries in Lagonoy were documented to satisfy the lack of information on the eel fishery in the Gulf. Data collection was done using key informant interview and direct fishing observation. Finding reveals that post-harvest handling practices along the rivers and tributaries along Lagonoy Gulf appear to have evolved from the techniques brought by consolidators and other buyers in the eel industry outside Bicol region. Most of the existing knowledge of local eel gatherers was based on experiences from milkfish (Chanos chanos) which was abundant in Bicol. In view of the economic importance of the species as a potential aquaculture species and export commodity, further studies along improvement of post-harvest handling is thereto recommended.
ISSN:1844-8143
1844-9166