Y.H. CHEUNG, K,Y. TAI, S.W, TSAO AND L.B. THROWER
the kei wais during the first to fifth lunar months. This was har- vested by people from China and used for feeding pigs: an average of 15,750 kg. is harvested per year.
Yield from a shrimp harvest carried out on 3 October 1978 was as follows:
Shrimps 9 kg Crabs
3 kg
Freshwater fish
9 kg
(striped mullet — 3 kg, tilapia 6 kg) Marine fish
3 kg
Similarly, yield from a fish harvest carried out on 6 October
1978 was:
Shrimps
12 kg
Marine fish
225 kg
Freshwater fish
498 kg
(Japanese sea perch: 24kg.,
(striped mullet: 360 kg.,
blind sea bass: 18 kg.,
tilapia: 120 kg., eels: 18 kg.) Miscellaneous fish
sea bream: 150 kg.,
90 kg
tiger fish: 15 kg.)
Crabs: 135kg
If these figures are used to calculate the total annual yield, the result for 90 shrimp harvests and 2 fish harvests would be:
Shrimps Crabs
834 kg
Marine fish
720 kg
540 kg
Freshwater fish
1,806 kg
Miscellaneous fish
180 kg
or a total of 4,080 kg. usable produce, not including the harvested seaweed.
Unfortunately, the year of our study was the last of the current lease on kei wai No. 7 and another tenant was to take over. Conse- quently, the operator probably tried to extract the maximum yield during his last year of tenure. Our calculations may therefore have given an over-estimate of total yield. Indeed, the operator's own estimate of mean annual yield was just one-third of our own. However, careful comparison of every category of produce sug- gested very strongly that he had under-estimated. Consequently, our own estimate for annual yield has been used to calculate the
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Y.H. CHEUNG, K,Y. TAI, S.W, TSAO AND L.B. THROWER
the kei wais during the first to fifth lunar months. This was har- vested by people from China and used for feeding pigs: an average of 15,750 kg. is harvested per year.
Yield from a shrimp harvest carried out on 3 October 1978 was as follows:
Shrimps 9 kg Crabs
3 kg
Freshwater fish
9 kg
(striped mullet — 3 kg, tilapia 6 kg) Marine fish
3 kg
Similarly, yield from a fish harvest carried out on 6 October
1978 was:
Shrimps
12 kg
Marine fish
225 kg
Freshwater fish
498 kg
(Japanese sea perch: 24kg.,
(striped mullet: 360 kg.,
blind sea bass: 18 kg.,
tilapia: 120 kg., eels: 18 kg.) Miscellaneous fish
sea bream: 150 kg.,
90 kg
tiger fish: 15 kg.)
Crabs: 135kg
If these figures are used to calculate the total annual yield, the result for 90 shrimp harvests and 2 fish harvests would be:
Shrimps Crabs
834 kg
Marine fish
720 kg
540 kg
Freshwater fish
1,806 kg
Miscellaneous fish
180 kg
or a total of 4,080 kg. usable produce, not including the harvested seaweed.
Unfortunately, the year of our study was the last of the current lease on kei wai No. 7 and another tenant was to take over. Conse- quently, the operator probably tried to extract the maximum yield during his last year of tenure. Our calculations may therefore have given an over-estimate of total yield. Indeed, the operator's own estimate of mean annual yield was just one-third of our own. However, careful comparison of every category of produce sug- gested very strongly that he had under-estimated. Consequently, our own estimate for annual yield has been used to calculate the
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