Participants
Mr. Apolinar A. Abordo, E.E., Practicing electrical engineer and fishpond operator, No. 2 Simeru St., Filinvest Homes 5, Quezon City, Metro Manila.
Mr. Vicente H. Alferez, C. E., Vice-President, Inland Resources Development Corporation, Suite III, Mercantile Insurance Bldg., Gen. Luna St., Intramuros, Manila.
Mr. Andresito J. Degilla, M.E., Physical Plant/Officer, SEAFDEC/AQD; Present address: Buyuan, Tigbauan, Iloilo.
Mr. Rodolfo Demafiles, C.E., Staff, SEAFDEC/AQD, Binangonan Research Station, Binangonan, Rizal.
Mr. Nilo del Rosario, Ag. E., Training Specialist (Project Aquaculture Engineer), Fish Propagation Division, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), Marcelo Bldg., 880 Quezon Avenue, Quezon City, Metro Manila.
Mr. Joselito R. Espinosa, E. E., Managing Director, ATG Corporation and fishpond operator, Cebu City.
Mr. Percival M. Gavieta, M.E., Safety officer, Aquaculture Engineering Unit, SEAFDEC/AQD, Tigbauan, Iloilo.
Mr. Alex V. Guevara, M.E., General Manager, GP Agro-Aqua Farms, Inc., 34 Sibuyan St., Sta. Mesa Heights, Quezon City, Metro Manila.
Mr. Samson J. Jaspe, M.E., Staff, SEAFDEC/AQD, Tigbauan Research Station, Tigbauan, Iloilo.
Mr. Eladio S. Martinez, Mgt. E., Special Consultant on aquaculture engineering and management; Address: 30 Sampaguita St., Merville Subdivision, Tanza, Navotas, Metro Manila.
Ms. Rose C. Lagoc, C.E., Instructor Xavier School, Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila; Present address: 615 General de Jesus, Little Baguio, San Juan, Metro Manila.
Mr. Maximo Mendoza, Jr., Ch. E., Practicing chemical engineer owner, Manrich Chemical Laboratory, 147 J. Ruiz, San Juan, Metro Manila.
Mr. Armando E. Misagal, C.E., and San. E., Manager (Engineering and Technical Services Division) Laguna Lake Development Authority, (LLDA), 4th Flr., Rudgen Bldg., no. 17, Shaw Blvd., Pasig Metro Manila.
Mr. Hector A. Palma, C.E., Aquaculture engineer for San Miguel Corporation Aquaculture Center, Barangay Refugio, Calatrava, Negros Occidental.
Dr. Rolando R. Platon, Ch. E., MS Env. E. and Ph. D. Senior researcher, SEAFDEC/AQD, Tigbauan, Iloilo.
Mr. Larry H. Serna, Ag. E., Fishery Extension Specialist, ADB/BFAR Aquaculture Development Project, Molo, Iloilo City.
Mr. Roque C. Sison, C.E., Practicing civil engineer, 180 B. Mayon St., Quezon City, Metro Manila.
Ms. Precilla F. Subosa, Ch. E., Officer-in-Charge, Chem-Bio Laboratory, SEAFDEC/ AQD, Leganes Research Station, Leganes, Iloilo.
Mr. Salvador R.A. Tillo, M.E., Supervisor, Water Services Unit, Physical Plant Section, SEAFDEC/AQD, Tigbauan, Iloilo.
Mr. Pastor L. Torres, Jr., E.E., Formerly Senior Officer with SEAFDEC/AQD, Tigbauan, Iloilo; Present address: Lot 7, Block 14, Lawaan, Lopez Subdivision, Balantang, Jaro, Iloilo City.
Mr. Vicente S. Traviña, Arch., With the engineering staff SEAFDEC/AQD, Tigbauan, Iloilo.
Prof. Juan B. Uy, C.E., MS Ag. E. and MS Ind. E./Bus. Mgt., Professional work on engineering and management, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Metro Manila.
Mr. Angelito T. Vizcarra, C.E., MS Bio-Res. E., MA Bus. Mgt., formerly Senior Officer, SEAFDEC/AQD, Tigbauan, Iloilo now Private Practicing Aquaculture Engineer.
Dr. Justino P. Yaptangco, Jr., E.E., NBA and Ph. D., Practicing aquaculture engineer, Lizares Agricultural Development Corporation, Rm. 117, AB St. Elizabeth Center, Valeria St., Iloilo City.
Mr. Orlando K. Yu, C.E., formerly Technical Assistant to Director of Administrative Division, SEAFDEC/AQD, Tigbauan, Iloilo.
Observers
Mr. Mariano Arenas, M.E., Practicing engineer and fishpond operator, Iloilo City.
Ms. Lea Avance, B.S.F. and MS. F., Extension Officer, ADB/BFAR Aquaculture Development Project, Iloilo City.
Ms. Wilyn J. Barros, Arch., Staff, SEAFDEC/AQD, Tigbauan, Iloilo City.
Mr. Peter V. Canoso, Ag. E., Instructor, Central Philippine University, Iloilo City.
Mr. Jose T. Canto, Jr., Che. E., Research Associate, SEAFDEC/AQD, Tigbauan, Iloilo City.
Ms. Oseni Millamena, Ch. E., Research Associate, SEAFDEC/AQD, Tigbauan, Iloilo City.
Mr. Roberto T. Padlan, M.E., Fishpond Operator, 107 de Leon Street, Mandurriao, Iloilo City.
Mr. Erwin Pador, B.S.F., Extension Officer, ADB/BFAR Aquaculture Development Project, Iloilo City.
Mr. Jesus T. Quines, Arch., Staff, SEAFDEC/AQD, Tigbauan, Iloilo City.
Mr. Cesar Y. Villodres, Ag. E. and MS Mgt. E., Officer, National Irrigation Authority, Iloilo City.
Consultants
Dr. Hiralal Chaudhuri, Fishery Biologist Consultant, SEAFDEC/AQD.
Dr. A. Glenroy Lambert, Editorial Consultant, SEAFDEC/AQD.
Dr. Herminio R. Rabanal, Consultant (Aquaculture), ASEAN/UNDP/FAO Regional Small-Scale Coastal Fisheries Development Project.
Secretariat
(a) Remarks of Dr. Alfredo C. Santiago, Jr., then incumbent Chief, SEAFDEC/AQD opening the National Consultative Meeting on Aquaculture Engineering
Both in its general and specific dimensions, aquaculture is indeed multi-disciplinary in nature. The findings of research in many fields are needed when we talk about aquaculture. And so we are now finding it necessary to have economists, sociologists, educators, information scientists and entrepreneurs join the natural scientist, the biologist, zoologist, and fisheries technologists and those from many other fields in aquaculture development work.
To this list of workers, we now add the engineer and their closely related co-workers.
Some seven years ago, an American visiting biologist attached to this Tigbauan Research Station for several weeks, upon finding that he was either stuck with bottlenecks that impeded his work, or impressed with answers coming from unexpected sources, exclaimed that aquaculture is, in more ways than one, 80 percent engineering and only 20 percent biology.
He was not joking though. The words ring true I must admit. And they ring true today as we begin this Consultation attended by persons engaged in tackling engineering aspects of aquaculture operations.
Considering everything, what I just said now shifts the burden of the work on you who are gathered here today. Time and again, we biologists in aquaculture work are confronted with bottlenecks over which we have neither the preparation, nor the competence to solve. Many of these problems are engineering problems.
In December 1977, the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department hosted in this very Conference Hall a regional workshop on Aquaculture Engineering with emphasis on small-scale aquaculture projects. It was jointly sponsored with FAO/UNDP South China Sea Fisheries Development and Coordinating Programme. That regional meeting was attended by 29 participants from five countries of whom some are also here today; 13 observers and resource persons; and 14 guests.
Two regional, four in-country and regional, and nine in-country recommendations resulted from that meeting. The in-country recommendations said that increased attention should be directed to the resulting damages of the impacts of proposed commercial, industrial and urban projects on existing aquaculture. On the other hand, it also said that aquaculture projects may have adverse effects on the environment, such as for example, when aquaculture aggravate flooding, cause sedimentation or coastal erosion.
Acid-sulfate soils was a problem in brackish-water and the workshop said that methodologies for coping with this problem should be developed.
Increased efforts were needed, it said, to determine methodologies for converting animal wastes to production of nutrients and feeds for ponds.
There was a need to further develop more effective fishpen design and construction and also floating cages. It encouraged use of suitable type aerators in ponds and drew attention to efficient use of pumps in aquaculture.
Finally, the workshop said that added attention should be given to new techniques being developed by all sectors bearing on improving the operation of small-scale aquaculture projects.
It is our task in the next four days to pick up from where that 1977 meeting recommendations left off and consider the progress made, identify new problems and challenges, and propose approaches in meeting them.
(b) Statement of Mr. Ruperto Angudong, Jr., President, National Federation of Aquaculturists, Inc.
There are many ways by which you in the engineering profession can contribute towards the progress of the aquaculture industry. I am sure you will have a chance to discuss details on this subject in your meeting.
My challenge to you is to provide the means for the lowest cost of construction and to fabricate low cost physical structures and facilities needed for efficient management of aquaculture ventures. In this way the industry can be more profitable and productive and you shall have contributed in accelerating the economic recovery of our country.
One specific example is the fabrication of firm and effective water control gates in fish-ponds. SEAFDEC/AQD has initiated the use of precast ferrocement but has completed only preliminary work on this problem. We have since modified and improved the Department model. Here is a case where if the R and D agencies do not help us in the industry we in the private sector will go ahead and do it the hard way. This of course can be a costly experience.
(c) Remarks of Dr. Herminio R. Rabanal, Consultant to the Meeting
It took quite sometime for this consultative meeting of aquaculture engineers to materialize. But I am extremely happy that it has come to pass. For a long time aquaculture ventures deficient of the engineering input have proven to be highly expensive and operationally unproductive.
It has been my wish that aquaculture engineering be discussed by engineers and among engineers hence this consultative meeting. Tracing the history of Philippine aquaculture one observes that biologists and aquaculturists have been filling up the role which could have been played by bona-fide engineers. This has proven to be disastrous but to no fault of the aquaculturists. It is time that engineers with engineering knowledge do the required engineering for the varied aquaculture projects that are at present existing as well as those that are yet to come.
It was not your fault either that you did not raise a finger to play your role in the aquaculture industry. At first, the methods used were traditional and simple and no technology of some level was required. There were no jobs in the industry that can pay the services of the engineer.
However, within recent period the aquaculture industry has progressed, became more varied and required more sophisticated technology. Likewise, it has become more profitable and more productive. It can now afford to pay your services. You must answer the challenge.
| 1. | Name of the Organization | : Society of Aquaculture Engineers of the Philippines | |
| 2. | Officers of the Organization | ||
| 2.1 | President | : Prof. Juan B. Uy | |
| Executive Vice-President | : Engr. Angelito T. Vizcarra | ||
| Vice-President for Luzon | : Engr. Vicente N. Alferez | ||
Visayas | : Engr. Justino Yaptangco | ||
Mindanao | : Engr. Orlando K. Yu | ||
| Secretary-Treasurer | : Engr. Rose Lagoc | ||
| Auditor | : Engr. Precilla Subosa | ||
| 2.2 | Board of Directors | ||
| Prof. Juan B. Uy | : Management | ||
| Pastor L. Torres, Jr. | : Tanks and other land-based systems | ||
| E. Martinez | : Pond lay-out and design | ||
| V. Traviña | : Mariculture | ||
| A. Misagal | : Pens and cages | ||
| M. Mendoza | : Equipment, etc. | ||
| J. Espinosa | : Special applications | ||
| 3. | The officers and board shall serve for two (2) years until the next election. | ||
| 4. | The Board has been given 3 to 6 months' time for the completion of the Constitution and By-Laws. | ||
Prepared by:
(Sgd.) Engr. Rose C. Lagoc
Member, Secretary
Noted by:
(Sgd.) Prof. Juan B. Uy
President
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PUBLICATIONS AND DOCUMENTS OF THE ASEAN/UNDP/FAO REGIONAL SMALL-SCALE COASTAL FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Working Papers
ASEAN/SF/86/WP/1 Rabanal, H. R. Seafarming as alternative to small-scale fishing in ASEAN Region. Manila, ASEAN/UNDP/FAO Regional Small-Scale Coastal Fisheries Development Project, 1986. 55p.
ASEAN/SF/86/WP/2 Soeyanto, T. The status of Bali Strait fisheries with special reference to Muncar, Kedonganan and Jimbaran coastal villages. Manila, ASEAN/UNDP/FAO Regional Small-Scale Coastal Fisheries Development Project, 1986. (for printing)
ASEAN/SF/86/WP/3 Boongerd, S. Squid fishing in Thailand. Manila, ASEAN/UNDP/FAO Regional Small-Scale Coastal Fisheries Development Project, 1986. (for printing)
Workshop Reports/Other General Reports
ASEAN/SF/86/GEN/1 Report of National Consultative Meeting on Aquaculture Engineering held at Tigbauan Research Station, SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department, 2–5 October 1985. Manila, ASEAN/UNDP/FAO Regional Small-Scale Coastal Fisheries Development Project, 1986.
ASEAN/SF/86/GEN/2 Zabala, P. T. (Comp.) Preliminary annotated bibliography on small-scale fisheries in the ASEAN Region. Manila, ASEAN/UNDP/FAO Regional Small-Scale Coastal Fisheries Development Project, 1986. (for printing)
ASEAN Fisheries Manuals
ASEAN/SF/86/Manual 1 Suprayitno, H. Manual of running water fish culture. Manila, ASEAN/UNDP/FAO Regional Small-Scale Coastal Fisheries Development Project, 1986. 34p.
Periodic Progress Reports
ASEAN/SF/86/PR-1 Soesanto, V. Project progress report of the ASEAN/UNDP/FAO Regional Small-Scale Coastal Fisheries Development Project, 5 October 1985-5 April 1986. Manila, ASEAN/UNDP/FAO Regional Small-Scale Coastal Fisheries Development Project. 9p.
ASEAN/SF/86/PR-2 Soesanto, V. Project progress report of the ASEAN/UNDP/FAO Regional Small-Scale Coastal Fisheries Development Project, 6 April-6 October 1986. Manila, ASEAN/UNDP/FAO Regional Small-Scale Coastal Fisheries Development Project. 11p.
Technical Reports Contributed to Symposia/Meetings, etc.
ASEAN/SF/85/Tech. 1 Rabanal, H. R. and V. Soesanto. The world fishery and culture of Macrobrachium and related prawn species. Contributed to the National Conference on Prawn Technology, sponsored by the Philippine Fish Farmer's Technical Assistance Foundation, Inc., Manila, Philippines, 27–28 November 1985.
ASEAN/SF/86/Tech. 2 Rabanal, H. R. and V. Soesanto. Commercial species of shrimps and prawns, their sources and export markets. Contributed to the Seminar on Quality Control in the Production, Processing and Marketing of Frozen Shrimps for Export, sponsored by Food Research Department, Food Terminal Incorporated, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines, 29–31 July 1986.
ASEAN/SF/86/Tech. 3 Rabanal, H. R. Status and prospects of shrimp farming in the Philippines. Contributed to the Monthly Seminar Series on Timely and Related Fisheries Issues, sponsored by the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Resources Research and Development, (PCARRD), Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines, 5 November 1986.
