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New species of soil-cleaning worm named after Iloilo
A new species of mudworm, known to clean the soil in fishponds, was recently identified and named after Iloilo, the province where its eggs were collected and hatched. Now called Marphysa iloiloensis, eggs of this mudworm, ...
- January 25, 2020
Seabass project reap good harvest
Five months of culture. About 200 pieces of seabass, weighing a total 83 kilograms or nearly half-kilo each fish. Suddenly, a dream project becomes reality. Early this month, on February 2, the top managers of the Southeast ...
- February 13, 2007
Seafdec meets head on diseases threatening aquaculture industry
Recognizing that the aquaculture industry in Western Visayas is the continuously threatened by diseases, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center - Aquaculture Department (Seafdec-AQD) recently co-organized a two ...
- January 25, 2002
Abalone culture seen as good business
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) - Aquaculture Department foresee the growth and expansion of the tropical abalone culture in the country. Known as the haliotis or sea ear, abalone is a seaweed-eating ...
- August 6, 2003
SEAFDEC, Panay Gulf program expand kapis breeding project
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center's aquaculture department (SEAFDEC/AQD) is aggressively pursuing a collaboration effort with the Iloilo first district's Panay Gulf Development Program (PGDP) to revive the ...
- November 10, 1999
Research project for tuna farming in PH takes off
Japanese technology on farming mackerel tuna, locally known as tulingan, is set to be adopted in the Philippines. A Japanese researcher is already procuring breeders to establish a hatchery in Iloilo. Experimental runs on ...
- January 8, 2020
Grouper rakes $500M in HK
A fast growing demand of the fish grouper (Epinephelus), locally known as inid or lapulapu, is presently being observe in the international market. This prompted the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center - Aquaculture ...
- August 19, 2003
Heated tanks lead to productive milkfish spawning in cold months
A premier fisheries research center in the country is promoting a simple technology to address the perennial shortage of milkfish fry that continues to hound fish farmers in the Philippines during the cold months of the ...
- February 27, 2021
Seafdec, BFAR vow to ensure food security
The Reginal Fisheries Technology Forum held recently at Punta Villa, Iloilo City will eventually lead to the implementation of the program in Ginintuang Masaganang Ani by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). ...
- July 25, 2001
Mud crab as alternative livelihood for fisher folks
Fisher Folks are encouraged to invest in mud crab as an alternative livelihood aside from cultured fishes like bangus and tilapia for them to fully utilize their fish ponds. Roberto Baylon, one of the fisherfolk leaders ...
- November 18, 2015