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SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department: "Reviving Kapis Fishery"
The Kapis shell (Placuna placenta), better known as lampirong to the Ilonggos is a bivalve mollusk with translucent shells and a very small body. Wild stocks of this shell used to abound in the coastal waters of Oton and ...
- July 8, 2000
SEAFDEC to put up caging demo farm
About 36 farmers in Brgy. Tumalalud, Dumarao, Capiz will benefit from a freshwater fish caging demonstration farm that will be set up by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC). " The Project will provide ...
- August 22, 2007
SEAFDEC to hold forum for business people
SEAFDEC's Aquaculture Department (AQD) is inviting entrepreneurs and aquaculture industry stakeholders to the ABOT (Agree-Build-Organize-Transfer) Aquaculture Business Forum which will be held October 16-17 at the Philippine ...
- August 23, 2007
Modern biotech lab in Iloilo nears completion
The construction of a modern biotechnology laboratory in this seaside town 24 kilometers west of Iloilo City is nearing completion. The Japanese government-funded, P431-million Laboratory for Advance Aquaculture Technologies ...
- December 28, 2002
Kapis shell industry - can the downfall be reversed?
Kapis shell once made a record of ranking in US$35 million and placed 5th among the major fishery export products of the Philippines. That was 1991. Today, the number of kapis are dwindling and worst, they have totally ...
- February 19, 2002
PhilSci journ urges LGUs to protect Guimaras Strait
The Philippine Science Journalist Incorporated (Pscijourn) in Metro Manila urged the provincial governments of Guimaras and Iloilo to protect the Guimaras and Iloilo Straits which is considered as one of the largest marines ...
- August 6, 2009
Petron Foundation gives P3M for SEAFDEC/AQD's project in Guimaras
Almost a year after the disaster that was Petron Solar I oil spill off Guimaras, assistance is still pouring in. In the presence of no less than President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Petron Foundation Inc. and SEAFDEC/AQD ...
- July 18, 2007
Region 8 emerging as mariculture center
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said that it was aiming to develop Region 8 as the country's mariculture center with some 12,000 to 15,000 jobs expected to be created in every mariculture park built. ...
- October 14, 2005
₱3-M project for Guimaras fisherfolk set
A ₱3-million mariculture project in Guimaras is set to kick off sometime this August to further empower the province's fisherfolk affected by the oil spill. Serving at the front of the project is the South East Asian ...
- August 16, 2007
Ilonggo scientist featured by Time magazine
An Iloilo-based retired scientist and environmentalist have been featured by Time magazine for her work in helping protect the environment. Jurgenne Primavera, senior scientist at the Southeast Asian Fisheries and Development ...
- October 3, 2008