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World’s Only Monument For Tilapia



The tilapia monument erected by the Heirs of Jose C. Agahan by the Sampaloc Lake inaugurated last May 30,  2005 by City Mayor Vicente B. Amante, City Councilor Karen C. Agapay, and PCAMRD Executive Director Rafael D. Guerrero III as final activity in the commemoration of  the month of May as Fisherfolk Month declared by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), and to commemorate the 50th year of the local tilapia industry the city.  Mr. and Mrs. Jose C. Agahan introduces tilapia in San Pablo, the now famous “City of Seven Lakes,”  by seeding Sampaloc Lake near the City Hall, and Palakpakin Lake at Barangay San Buenaventura,  with tilapia fingerlings on summer month of Year 1955 at no cost to the local government unit. 

Tilapia is now the number one table fish in the world  Dr. Kevin Fitzsimmons of  the College of Agriculture of University of Arizona and Vice President of the World Tilapia Association (WTA) said last September at the 6th International Seminar on Tilapia in Agriculture (ISTA 6). Dr. Fitzsimmons has already received copy of this photo release, and now form part of the records of the international organization on tilapia culture and farming. (Photo by Christian B. Yorro)

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  1. Robert A VollrathApril 06, 2008 1:27 PM

    I live in a part of the world that has the largest number of giant fiber glass cows. Its good to see a giant fish on the other side of the world to balance things out.

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