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27th anniversary special supplement
Be trained and learn new aquaculture technologies! Our Training Program offers a year-round commodity-based production technologies and community-based fisheries management courses, either in-house, on-farm or on-line.
- April 21, 2008
New SEAFDEC facilities in Iloilo to boost aquaculture
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Aquaculture Department (AQD) in Barangay Buyuan, Tigbauan town recently inaugurated new multi-species hatcheries and broodstock tanks. These tanks are large ...
- December 13, 2021
Nat'l fisheries output down slightly in 2017
Total fisheries production went down by 1.04 percent in 2017 compared to the previous year's level, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. PSA noted output reductions in commercial by 6.89 percent and municipal ...
- February 11, 2018
Farmed prawn can be a foreign exchange earner
Locally farmed prawn could be a vital foreign exchange earner for the country. It is a variety of prawn of the eastern Pacific Ocean that is commonly caught or farmed for food. Despite the problems confronting the sector, ...
- June 14, 2017
SEAFDEC promotes abalone farming in Carles
For the first time in the Philippines, the technology to raise abalone in cages is now being adopted by a local fishing community. This is taking place in a far-flung island barangay of Isla de Gigantes in Carles, Iloilo. ...
- April 4, 2003
Importance of coral reefs
The World Resources Institute has predicted that by 2030, over 90 percent of the country's coral reef will be threatened. Destructive fishing, coastal development, agriculture, aquaculture, and lack of treatment for ...
- March 7, 2016
Handy tools for aqua culture and research
One common and fundamental problem for aqua culture and so-called environmental impact assessment (EIA) is determining the carrying capacity or suitability of a water environment for production, or other issues pertaining ...
- April 13, 2000
Fish for peace in Mindanao
Can peace and development finally come to Muslim Mindanao? Some logicians may think it preposterous, but the solution may just lie in training politicized Muslims to fish, instead of engaging them in combat. On March 10-13, ...
- April 8, 1999
Farmers, aquaculturists engage in soft-shell crab production
Soft-shell crab farming is a profitable business providing employment and dollar income, hence the increasing interest of farmers and aquaculturists to engage in the farming activity. In Asia, commercial soft-shell crab ...
- September 19, 2015
Integrated agri-aqua farming
Integrated agriculture-aquaculture farming practices have been introduced to help the farmers in maximizing the use of their farmlands, at the same time contributing to efforts in increasing food security. Under the ...
- October 14, 2015