 Hatching ESTIMATED COSTS AND RETURNS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A ONE (1)

HECTARE PANGASIUS HATCHERY FARM

Hatching takes place after 24-32 hours depending on water
DEVELOPMENT COST:
temperature. The newly hatched fry is approximately 3 mm 8 Broodponds (1,000 sq.m. each)
in length. It is colorless and transparent with no sign of Earthmoving including canal, dike gate & water pipeline construction
motility during the first 2 hours. 450,000.00
 Larval Rearing 10 Nursery Ponds (100 sq.m. each)
The newly hatched fry are maintained in the hatchery tank, Earthmoving including canal, dike gate & water pipeline construction
feeding on their yolk for the first 2 days. Fry became highly 300,000.00
5 Spawning Tanks (50 sq.m. each)
cannibalistic as soon as the yolk is consumed. First feed- Labor and construction including material & pipeline installation with
ing larva should be fed with Infusoria and Moina every 2 overhead & submersible pump 300,000.00
hours interval. On the 3rd day, the fry are transferred to a 4 Conditioning Tanks (materials & labor)
nursery pond. Supplemental feed consisting of osterized 25,000.00
blood meal is given on the 2nd week Caretaker Hut 50,000.00
 Nursery Rearing Contingency BREEDING AND CULTURE OF PANGASIUS
Fry are reared in the nursery pond for 30 days. Sorting of 5,000.00 (Pangasius hypopthalmus)
fry/fingerlings is done once a week to avoid cannibalism. TOTAL PHP 130,000.00

GROW-OUT CULTURE OF PANGASIUS

1st Year (Grow- 2nd Year (Grow-
 Pangasius can be cultured in ponds PARTICULARS
out Culture of out Culture of
Third Year
Hatchery Opera-
 Pond culture Fingerlings into
Breeders)
Pangasius into
Breeders)
tion
Size - 500 sq. m or more
Fertilizer 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00
Pond depth – minimum of 1 m or deeper Pangasius
 Pond Preparation Fingerlings
30,000 pcs x 1.00/pc 30,000.00
 Catch and collect all previous stocks Supplemental Feeds 400,000.00 300,000.00 500,000.00
Fry Mash/blood meal, 3,000,000.00
 Drain the pond Etc..
Egg collectors/ 90,000.00
 Eradicate all predators and competitors by: hormone/donor fish
drying the pond bottom until soil cracked Hatchery 10,000.00
paraphernalia’s
or the combined use of lime and Packing materials 10,000.00
fertilizer Oxygen Tank 5,000.00
Aerators 4,000.00
 Apply organic fertilizer at the rate of 1 kg/10 Nets 5,000.00 5,000.00
Farm Chemicals 5,000.00 5,000.00
sq. m. Gasoline/Electricity 12,000.00 12,000.00 12,000.00
 Agricultural lime can also be applied One Caretaker 120,000.00 120,000.00 120,000.00
Emergency Laborer 10,000.00 10,000.00 144,000.00
 Take in water and maintain a depth of 1 m One Technician 180,000.00

 Stocking density – 5 pcs/sq. m TOTAL 587,000.00 457,000.00 1,380,000.00

 Feeding
 organically cultured using indigenous feed
 integrated farming system For more information call or write to:
Returns:
 monoculture using commercial feed Grow –out Culture : 30,000 fing. At 90% survival = 27,000-10,000 (to be retained for
broodstock development) = 17,000 pcs x 3 kg = 51,000 kgs Marketable size x Php 60.00 National Inland Fisheries Technology Center
 Feeding rate – 3-5% of the ABW = 3,060,000 Km. 53 Manila East Road, Sitio Suyoc,
 Culture period is 5-6 months Hatchery Operation: 3,000,000 eggs (i.e. 100 female & 200 male will be set every week Brgy. Tandang Kutyo, Tanay, Rizal
for 30,000 eggs/females) x 60% hatching rate x 50% survival (from larvae to fingerlings)
= 900,000 fingerlings x 1.00/pc = 900,000.00
NOTE: Culture of Pangasius on cages in lakes, rivers and Contact No.: 0917-133-9451
Gross Sale
reservoir (SFR) is prohibited under FAO No. 243 (3,060,000.00 + 900,000.00) 3,960,000.00
(Guidelines for Environmentally Sound Culture of Pangasius Less MOE 2,425,000.00 E-mail: niftc@bfar.da.gov.ph
in the Philippines) NET PROFIT 1,535,000.00
ROI 37.80% Facebook: www.facebook.com/bfarniftctanayrizal

NOTE: Expenditure is subject to change depending on the prevailing prices in the area
 FEEDING HABIT The female breeders are weighed to determine the amount of hor-
INTRODUCTION  It feeds on a variety of food items ranging from detritus organic mone to be injected. After injection, it is returned to the tank/hapa
matter, plankter, mixture of different supplemental feeds (i.e for conditioning.
rice bran, fish meal, copra meal, water hyacinth, kitchen/
The River Catfish (Pangasius hypopthalmus) is a riverine catfish slaughter house waste), indigenous feeds ( vegetable trim-
belonging to the family Pangasidae. It is indigenous to the major mings, over ripe fruits, golden snail) and commercial feeds.
rivers, reservoir and swamps of the Mekong River Basin bordered SEXUAL MATURITY AND BREEDING:
by the Tibetan Plateau, China’s Yunan Province, Burma, Thailand,  Under natural conditions the Pangasius becomes sexually
Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. It is mostly found in area where
aquatic plants are abundant. It was introduced in the Philippines,
mature at the age of 2 years; Pangasius does not spawn
by the private sectors engaged in the ornamental fish trade as fresh- naturally and needs to be injected with hormone to induce
water hammerhead shark, and by the Bureau of Fisheries and spawning. Preparation of Hormone Pituitary Gland (PG)
Aquatic Resources which brought the fish from Thailand in 1981 INDUCED BREEDING OF PANGASIUS:  Sexually mature catfish is
through Mr. Tapiador (FAO) for experimentation. Breeding trials, used as a donor for the PG.
risk assessment and culture were conducted by the BFAR-NIFTC in
1. Broodstock  Syringe  The pituitary gland is located
1985 . It is considered an economically important food fish be-
2. Broodpond/tanks neutral to the brain and can
cause of its fast growth, versatile feeding habit, hardiness and good  Needle (gauge 22)
meat quality. 3. Hatchery tank/container be extracted by cutting the
4. Hatching trays
 Distilled water or base of the cranial bone.
Pangasius is a high value species suitable for processing into
physiological solu-
fillet which has a big demand among local restaurants and in the 5. Hormone  The PG is taken using a
export market. It is estimated that 5,000 metric tons of Pangasius tion
6. Hatchery forceps and washed with
fillet are being imported from Vietnam finding their way to local paraphernalia  Butcher’s knife distilled water.
upscale restaurants, hotels and supermarket in the country under  Basin
- Dissecting set  The PG is macerated in 1-2 cc
several exotic names such as Cobbler Fish, Cream Dory Fish, Basa
Fish among others. The demand for Pangasius is expected to in- - Beaker  Stripping cloth of distilled water or physiologi-
crease with the growing food chains and the high potential of the  Chicken feather cal saline solution
fish as an organic product.  Mortar & pestle
MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS  Weighing scale
 Injection of Hormone
BODY (PG) PG + HCG
 naked (scaleless) skin; REQUIREMENTS FOR INDUCED SPAWNING 1st Injection (female) 1st injection
 Preparation of Hatchery Paraphernalia 1.0-1.5 dose 1.0 dose + 200 iu
 long slender body,
2nd Injection (female)
 black to dark gray color on the dorsal portion, light gray on
Hatchery paraphernalia are washed thoroughly to prevent the
contamination of the eggs with harmful bacteria and fungi. After 12 hours,
the lateral side and whitish on the abdominal portion 2-3 dose 3 dose + 300 iu
parallel with the lateral line. Total body length is 4-5 times
Injection of male, ¼ dose
the length of the head  Collection of Breeders
NOTE:
Gravid female has soft and bulging belly. 1 dose = 1 kg donor fish per kg of breeder
The urogenital opening is oval in shape,
reddish in color and much bigger than the  Ovulation Period
male. Yellow eggs are released when the Ovulation takes place 10-12 hours after the second injection.
abdomen is pressed. This is indicated by the natural release of eggs.
MOUTH: The male has a slender body. The uro-  Stripping/fertilization
 The mouth is wide with curvature (not sharp) and located in genital pore is narrow and smaller than that Both the female and the male are stripped with eggs and sperm
low position, and has the ability to feed on a variety of food of the female and when the belly is by gently pressing the abdomen. The eggs and sperm are col-
items (omnivorous). It has two pairs of barbels, a pair of long pressed, milt is released. lected in a dry basin and gently mixed with chicken feather.
maxillary barbel located in the upper jaw, and a pair of shorter
mandibulary barbel on the lower jaw.
FINS:
 The dorsal fin consist of one hard fin ray (spine like saw) and  Conditioning of Breeders
six (6) soft fin rays. An adipose fin is situated between the
Breeders are transferred to the breeding tank or hapa at a
dorsal and caudal fin.
male: female ratio of 2:1