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BFAR to distribute milkfish fingerlings in La Union
Mayor Pablo Ortega on Tuesday led the distribution of rehabilitation milkfish fingerlings to fishermen from six villages whose fishponds dried up due to April’s intense summer heat. The milkfish fingerlings came from the ...
- October 9, 2014
Scientists, fish farmers set plan to save shrimp industry
A good number of aquaculture scientists and researchers and fish farmers from various parts of the country met in this city recently and adopted measures to facilitate the recovery of the moribund shrimp industry. The ...
- August 17, 2002
Farmers urged to grow giant gourami
Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala urged fish farmers to venture into growing giant gourami (Ospronemus gouramy) as an alternative to bangus, tilapia, and catfish in inland water bodies such as fishponds, lakes, and even ...
- April 16, 2011
Ex-rebels in aquaculture
Rebel returnees construct floating cages for tilapia culture as part of the aquaculture program launched recently in Tapax, Capiz. The project that extends livelihood assistance to former rebels is a collaborative program ...
- November 2, 1999
Gov’t lauds advances to lower cost of fish farming
A Philippine government committee commended developments in aquaculture research that lowered the cost of aqua feeds for milkfish and tilapia by 30 percent. In a recent meeting, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development ...
- November 6, 2019
What to do with the fish pens in Laguna de Bay: (part II)
Demolition of all the fish pens/cages in Laguna de Bay is anti-poor. It unnecessarily deprives the poor consumers of Metro Manila and surrounding communities of a significant part of their affordable animal protein supply. ...
- March 5, 2017
Puerto Princesa-SEAFDEC-AQD-AD Collaboration
The Puerto Princesa City government, the government-hosted, Tigbauan, Iloilo-based Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) and the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and ...
- November 8, 1999
Red tide escalating in Capiz, Aklan
Toxic red tide cases in the provinces of Capiz and Aklan continue to escalate despite expectations by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) that paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) was on the wane due to the ...
- December 22, 2015
Fisheries center opens door to investors
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center's Aquaculture Development has opened its doors to businessmen looking at possible investments in aquaculture under an agree-build-operate-transfer scheme (Abot). According to ...
- January 4, 2008
Coastal towns welcome aquaculture technologies
The livelihood programs of a number of coastal as well as landlocked towns in the Visayas are now being boosted by aquaculture technologies being transferred to their fishfarming sector. Such technologies include raising ...
- March 31, 2000