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Table 27. Estimated commercial aquaculture feed use in the Philippines by major island groups in 1995

Species

Annual Feed Consumption (mt)

Percent of Total

Market Distribution
(%)

Luzon

Visayas

Mindanao

Tilapia

70,000

47.3

87

3

10

Milkfish

50,000

33.8

44

38

18

Shrimp

25,000

16.9

15

40

45

Others1

3,000

2.0

98

1

1

Total

148,000

100

63.8

22.4

13.8

1 mainly catfish (Clarias gariepinus and Pangassius suchii)


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