Browsing by Subject "Intensive culture"

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    • Aquaculture poisoning Taal Lake 

      Icamina, Paul (Malaya, February 4, 2010, on page A1-A6)
      The calm waters of Taal Lake are deceiving, and what lies below may be toxic. Fish cages have poisoned the sediments below while surface waters remain relatively safe for fisheries, according to a study made by the University ...

    • BFAR opens Laguna tilapia intensive hatchery 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, September 2, 2021, on page B-5)
      The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has successfully conducted the first trial run of its second tilapia intensive hatchery in the CALABARZON region, a development that ...

    • BFAR-6 lauds push for revival of sugpo farming 

      Genilza, J.; Dianala, Rex D. (DailyGuardian, December 2, 2019, on page 7-8)
      Support is mounting for the revival of tiger shrimp farming in the Philippines as another 4.4 tons of the prized seafood were recently harvested in Dumangas, Iloilo. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ...

    • Bountiful shrimp harvest lifts hopes of reviving sugpo farming 

      Genilza, J.; Diaz, Rex D. (DailyGuardian, November 13, 2019, on page 7-13)
      The recent harvest of almost three tons of tiger shrimp, locally known as lukon or sugpo, lifted hopes of reviving the multi-million dollar industry which had its heydays in the 90s. The harvest at the Dumangas Brackishwater ...

    • Entrepreneurship needed in the countryside 

      Sarian, Zac (Manila Bulletin, August 10, 2000, on page B-10)
      There are actually many opportunities waiting for the enterprising to undertake. Like, for instance, Jose "Lebong" Aralar in Binangonan, Rizal. He used to be a nurse in a hospital many years ago. However, he saw the potential ...

    • Learn from mistakes shrimps growers told 

      PN (Panay News, August 11, 2001, on page 3-6)
      With the apparent resurgence of the lucrative shrimp industry, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center/Aquaculture Department (Seafdec/AQD) is urging shrimp growers to include reservoir and tails pond in their ...

    • Market matching at TESDA food festival this weekend 

      Sarian, Zac (Manila Bulletin, July 18, 2002, on page B-9)
      One of the strategies arrived at during the recent shrimp congress in Bacolod City is for growers to produce antibiotic-free prawns, using environment-friendly culture systems. It was observed that in 1993 to 1996, the ...

    • Montemayor launches RP's 1st comm'l mariculture park 

      (The Philippine Star, August 19, 2001, on page 14)
      Convinced that aquaculture may yet solve the country's food security problem and alleviate poverty in the countryside, Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Montemayor has personally launched the first commercial mariculture park ...

    • Prawn industry may shine once more 

      (SunStar Philippines, October 12, 2000, on page 5)
      "The prawn industry may regain its sunshine industry title", said Dan Baliao of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) to the participants of the Fisheries Technology Caravan ...

    • R&D breakthrough brings hope to troubled shrimp industry 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, November 12, 2000, on page 24)
      The once booming shrimp industry is down, but not yet out. And a recent research breakthrough achieved by aquaculture scientists may yet help resuscitate this once thriving venture that turned in huge profits for entrepreneurs ...

    • Reviving aquaculture (Conclusion) 

      Treñas, Jerry (Panay News, February 28, 2001, on page 7)
      Our rivers and streams that used to give us abundant and free tilapia, pantat, kalampay, shrimps, etc. are dying. We can also draw lessons from SEAFDEC under Dr. Rolando Platon and the Iloilo Provincial Government under ...

    • Rice to riches: Vietnam’s farmer gamble of shrimp 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, August 10, 2017, on page B4)
      The Mekong Delta, long renowned as the “rice bowl of Vietnam”, is now also home to a multi-billion-dollar shrimp industry and burgeoning numbers of farmers are building fortunes from the small crustaceans. The shrimp bonanza ...

    • SEAFDEC-BFAR collaboration strengthened 

      PN (Panay News, February 26, 2001, on page 5)
      Representatives of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) have agreed to strengthen their collaboration. Director Corazon ...

    • Shrimp harvest in Dumangas lifts hopes for reviving sugpo farming 

      Genilza, J.; Dianala, Rex D. (Panay News, November 13, 2019, on page B1)
      A recent harvest of almost three tons of tiger shrimp, locally known as lukon or sugpo, lifts hopes for reviving the multi-million dollar industry which had its heydays in the ‘90s. The harvest at the Dumangas Brackishwater ...