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Tilapia: answer to fish needs of Filipinos
The Iloilo-based Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) shares the following information on the culture of tilapia: Cage culture: Cages are installed in lakes, dams, rivers, raceways, canals, and impoundments ...
- February 3, 2010
Science comes to endangered Lake Sebu
A new species of freshwater crab was discovered last year in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato. The Sundathelphusa miguelito crab is "very likely to be endemic in Mindanao, and further study," says Jose C. E. Mendoza, a lecturer ...
- October 12, 2018
BFAR Director Dennis Araullo: Balancing fish production with conservation
The emphasis of BFAR's programs today, however, is not only on conservation but also on sustained production. "We are thinking of two things," says Director Araullo. "First is to produce enough for the present generation ...
- October 22, 1997
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
Mindanao ideal for abalone production
The tropical abalone species that is found in from Southern Japan to northern Australia is the donkey's ear abalone, Haliotis asinina, locally known as "lapas" in Cebuano or "sobra-sobra" in Ilonggo. "Mindanao could ...
- May 31, 2010
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
Fisheries output slightly down in 2017
The country’s fisheries production slightly declined last year due to lower output in most sub-sectors. Based on the latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority, production reached 4.31 million metric tons (MT), ...
- February 4, 2018
Moon watching more fun at BFAR
At the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources' (BFAR) demonstration center in this city, fishery specialists are moon watchers. They observe lunar phases not because they are romantics, but because the moon's appearance ...
- September 12, 2012
Towards sustainable lobster farming: Research making headway at SEAFDEC/AQD
Craving for lobster tails but on a tight budget? Try slipper lobster – it’s sweet, tasty, and all tail. The slipper lobster, locally known as pitik-pitik, may not be as famous as their cousins, the spiny lobsters or banagan, ...
- June 8, 2022
Dry spell killing tilapia in Ifugao, Isabela fish pens
The prolonged dry spell that is triggering power and water shortages throughout the country is beginning to take its toll on vegetable, fish and livestock farms and on the rice and corn crops in certain regions. In Ifugao ...
- February 27, 2010