Philippines uses tobacco in aquaculture

Philippine officials on January 19 said the country has launched a campaign to promote new cigarettes - not for smoking but for use in aquaculture.

Accordingly, within the next 6 months, nearly 400 fish farmers in a northern coastal province of the Philippines will use "tobacco powder" to kill molluscs and other pests for fish.

Tobacco powder is spread small from tobacco leaves and is considered an alternative to toxic chemicals that leave long-term harm to the environment.

Experiments show that nicotine-containing tobacco powder has the ability to kill fish pests without affecting the growth of fish because nicotine will dissolve after 2 to 3 days. In addition, this substance also helps improve the water environment and promote the development of algae species as fish food.

This new method is expected to change the old fish farming practices in the Philippines and is also one of the efforts to find alternative materials in aquaculture, while responding to the global campaign of no smoking. Tobacco of the Philippine Government.