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Laoag Mayor Michael M. Keon and Laoag councilor Handy Lao, chairperson of the committee on agriculture, lead the ceremonial stocking of modified intensive fry rearing of tilapia to advanced fingerling stage for village level production at Brgy. 60-B Madiladig. (Doms dela Cruz)
By Dominic B. dela Cruz (Staff Reporter)
Laoag City—To ensure quality fingerlings supplies for fisher folks in the city, the city government stocked at least 600,000 fries were at the Natures Wealth Probiotics Fish Farm located at Sitio Baldias, Barangay 60-B Madiladig, this city.
Laoag mayor Michael M. Keon and Laoag councilor Handy Lao, chairperson of the council’s committee on agriculture, personally visited the site recently for the “ceremonial stocking of modified intensive fry rearing of tilapia to advanced fingerling stage for village level production”.
Mr. Keon said this is a joint project between the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI), Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and Nature’s Wealth Probiotic Fish Farm, in cooperation with the city government of Laoag through the “Magsasaka at Mangingisda sa Kanayunan Program” spearheaded by the city agriculture office.
BFAR region I agriculturist center chief Dario Doctolero said the activity will contribute an additional source of income among fisher folks in the city.
Mr. Doctolero also added that this will also be the first time that there was a wide-scale distribution of fingerlings to around 300 fish cages and fishponds operators in the city, which also included inland and urban barangays.
Mr. Keon thanked Emilio Perucho, the cooperator of the said project and owner of Nature’s Wealth Probiotic Fish Farm for the realization of the project by providing fishponds for the stocking of the fries.