Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources(BFAR)

January 22, 2019 Dear Kyzia, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Sep 08, 2018 12:50:35 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Information about aquaculture of tilapia. Response to Request This is to formally acknowledge your request for information from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. We would like to apologize for not promptly responding to your request.. This is due to some technical gaps we have encountered in securing access to the FOI portal. It is only now that we have been able to access the pending requests sent through the portal Please rest assured however that we have already initiated measures to address the cause of delay and improve further our services. With regards to your request, kindly refer to the following answers below: 1. How to sell tilapia if you are a tilapia grower? As a tilapia grower, you can sell your tilapia to the nearest public market or fish trading post. You can also sell your tilapia products in Department of Agriculture (DA)’s regular TienDAs, a trading event held in different areas of the country, which aims to offer farm produce directly to the consumers at a lower price. If you want to know more about other means of selling or trading of tilapia products, you can contact the BFAR- Fisheries Industry Development and Support Services Division (BFAR-FIDSSD) at (02) 332-4676/ 453-8530 o send an email to [email protected] or [email protected]. 2. Aqua engineering of fish pond of freshwater and brackish water with possible layout and the needed machineries and equipments. Kindly refer to attached technical brochure. 3 & 4. Technical of freshwater and brackish aquaculture of tilapia and Financials of tilapia Kindly refer to attached technical brochures. Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Decision Maker FOI Receiving Officer