Their appearance is deep bodied and mackerel like, typically silver colored and toothless with a forked tail and narrow base. Pompanos are marine fishes in the Trachinotus genus of the Carangidae family (better known as 'jacks'). 'Seeding the same size of fingerlings simplifies the growers' efforts in monitoring growth and ensuring more evenly sized harvests,' Bocaya said. 'As such, we can assure our customers that 80 percent of what we deliver can survive in a well-prepared nursery pond.'įHI is the only hatchery in the country that segregates each fingerling harvest into different sizes to give buyers a choice of harvest lead times. Bocaya, FHI's national marketing manager. 'We hatched and nurtured pompano fingerlings using the most advanced hatchery technology,' said Rene B. The first and largest commercial fry hatchery in the Philippines, it partners with the Bureau of Fishery and Aquatic Resources (Bfar) and Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec) in developing the country's aquaculture industry. (FHI), touted to be the 'technical experts in aquaculture.'īased in Sarangani province in Southern Mindanao, FHI does not only supply more than 50 percent of the country's national requirement of bangus fry but also pompano, lapu-lapu, seabass, and mangrove snapper.

Partly, that dilemma is now solved with the establishment of Finfish Hatcheries Inc.

However, pompano growers are facing one problem: fingerlings are not readily available at all times.

Golden pompano farming