Lesson in Fish Preservation EXPLORATORY COURSE Grade 7 and Grade 8

1. Fish Capture

2. • Ancient Filipinos used to catch fish only in shallow waters with their
hands, or with some of their very simple handmade instruments.
• Today, fisherman have gone a long way compared to their ancestors.
• However, it is not good news. Water pollution has affected the fishing
industry tremendously.
• Added to these, are unlawful fishing practices of unscrupulous
fisherman through muro-ami and dynamite fishing
Classification of Basic Fishing Gears

3. A. Hand Instrument
Spears known as Salapag
• These are hand instruments with pointed blade thrown by hand.
Cover pots or Salakab
• It is an entrapping device with an opening in the lower most part to
catch the fish.

4. B. Barriers and Trap
Fish corrals or also known as Baklad
• It is made of bamboo and has a compartments and gates.
Gill nets
• They are nets, suspended vertically in the water, to catch fish by their
gills as the fish thrust their heads through.

5. C. Lines
Simple handline or Kawil
• This is made of a single vertical line carrying one or a series of a
baited barb hooks and drop into the water where the fish fall as
victim to baits.

6. D. Nets
Trap nets also known as Lambaklad
• It is made of net and is set in deep coastal waters, fixed b an anchor
to the sea bottoms and by floats at the surface.
Pull or Drag nets and also called the Pukot
• Pukot is thrown into the sea as soon as the fisher man sights a school
of fish. This fishing device is used smoothly, gradually shelving shores
and are always toward the shore or riverbank.

7. Methods of Fish Cultivation
Fish pen method
• A square or rectangular pen is constructed in the shallow lakes. The
sides are enclose with nets. The bamboo and woods are used as
posts.
Fish pond method
• The pond may be dug and the water may be supplied into it, or it may
be natural pond with water.
Open water method
• Poles are dug into the bed of the water foe mussels, oysters, and
clams. This is done in bays, seas, and lagoons.

8. Get ¼ sheet of paper.
• Write your name and your
section.
• NO ERASURES!

9. 1 and 2.
Give 2 example of unlawful fishing practices of
unscrupulous fisherman

10. 3. These are hand instruments with pointed blade
thrown by hand.

11. 4. It is an entrapping device with an opening in
the lower most part to catch the fish.

12. 5. It is made of bamboo and has a compartments
and gates.

13. 6. They are nets, suspended vertically in the
water, to catch fish by their gills as the fish thrust
their heads through.

14. 7. This is made of a single vertical line carrying
one or a series of a baited barb hooks and drop
into the water where the fish fall as victim to
baits.

15. 8. It is made of net and is set in deep coastal
waters, fixed b an anchor to the sea bottoms and
by floats at the surface.

16. 9. It is thrown into the sea as soon as the fisher
man sights a school of fish. This fishing device is
used smoothly, gradually shelving shores and are
always toward the shore or riverbank.

17. 10. What is the name of the topic?

18. 11. A square or rectangular pen is constructed in
the shallow lakes. The sides are enclose with nets.
The bamboo and woods are used as posts.

19. 12. Poles are dug into the bed of the water foe
mussels, oysters, and clams. This is done in bays,
seas, and lagoons.

20. 13. The pond may be dug and the water may be
supplied into it, or it may be natural pond with
water.