 This field laboratory was intended to complement the MSU College of Fisheries program in freshwater aquaculture.Through the help of the Municipal government, a 15 hectare mangrove area in Naawan, Misamis Oriental was acquired for training students in the design and construction of brackishwater ponds for the culture of commercially important species of fish.At the same time, a handful of biologists under the leadership of Dean Villaluz was experimenting on the hatchery technique of producing the fry of "Penaeus monodon" Fabricius under laboratory conditions, the first in the world.