Hatchery Profile
Sector: Fisheries

TILAPIA CENTRAL HATCHERY
UEP Campus, Catarman, Northern Samar

FUNCTIONS

1. Produce quality broodstock and fingerlings (tilapia and carp) for freshwater and brackishwater fishpond areas.

2. Conduct fingerling dispersal to communal bodies of water.

3. Provide technical assistance on freshwater aquaculture technologies.

PRODUCTION TARGET

Commodity	Target		Accomplishment
	1999	2000	1999	2000 (as of November)
Tilapia	350,000	350,000	328,000	203,000

MANPOWER COMPLEMENT

Name	Position	Education	R & D Projects	Designation
Basilio Tilbe	Farm Worker I	BS Fisheries	None	Farm-in-Charge

FACILITIES

Facility

Purpose

Description

Equipment

Administration Building

Staff house

Conference Hall

Pond System

Serves as office and guest house

Housing facility for staff

Venue for conferences, trainings and workshops

Tilapia fingerling production and distribution

Two-storey, semi-concrete, with office, 3 bedrooms, 1 T&B

One-storey,

concrete, with 2 bedrooms, kitchen and 1 T&B

One-storey, semi- concrete

1 Semi-concrete

broodstock pond

2 Concrete nursery

ponds

4 Concrete

raceways

(1 unit) Water pump

OTHER INFORMATION

Location UEP Campus, Catarman, Northern Samar

Farm-in-Charge Mr. Basilio Tilbe

Date Established 1978

Status of Land Ownership Owned by UEP

Area .25 ha

Accessibility 7 km from Catarman

COMMUNICATION FACILITY

None

POWER FACILITY

Northern Samar Electric Cooperative

WATER SYSTEM

Deep Well with water pump

TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES

Pick-up Truck, diesel engine, two-wheel drive (1 unit)

Motorcycle, 2 DT Yamaha (1 unit)

CONTACT PERSONS

                        DIR. JOSE S. GARRIDO, JR.
                        Regional Director
                        Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources – VIII
                        Tacloban City
                        Tel. No. (053) 321 – 4801
                        Fax No. (053) 321 – 1732

         DIR. LEO P. CAÑEDA, CESO III
            Regional Executive Director
            DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
            Regional Field Unit No. VIII
           Tacloban City
            Tel. No. (053) 321-2024
            Fax No. (053) 325-7242

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Hatchery Profile Sector: Fisheries

TILAPIA CENTRAL HATCHERY UEP Campus, Catarman, Northern Samar

Target

Accomplishment

Tilapia