OUR STORY

The company started its pillars solely in the grow out production. This required procuring fingerlings from other countries; however, with the erratic supply and lack of technology available, the company decided to invest in a full-cycle hatchery so as not to rely on others for the seed stock requirement.

Years of research and experience were dedicated to the bread and butter of the company, the production of Humpback Grouper. The first step was to identify protocols that would ensure consistent and quality production of natural foods – algae, rotifer, copepod – for the fry production.

The second was to procure and develop broodstocks that demanded long periods of proper conditioning and culturing for them to reach maturity.

These in conjunction with the meticulous day to day activities of fry production, where advancements have not been published even in other countries. Even after perfecting these initial stages of a full- cycle hatchery, it took a significant amount of time to grow our stocks to marketable size; finally, after reaching commercial scale, we had to improve on the quality of our products to compete with the highest standards set by wild caught stocks.

After all these, in 2013, we slowly penetrated the China market with our consistent and quality production.

To this date, PAC is the first and only full cycle hatchery in the Philippines that is able to produce quality live Humpback Grouper at commercial scale.