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Capiz seafood harvests rake in P1.2B
Capiz has produced approximately more than 25,000 metric tons of aquamarine products last year. According to Aquaculturist Audie Belargo of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) in Capiz, said aquamarine products ...
- July 20, 2007
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
RP mangrove scientist among Time's heroes of environment
As always, Jurgenne Primavera though about her achievements. The retired Iloilo-based scientist has been featured by Time magazine in its Oct. 6 special issue on "Heroes of the Environment." She was among 30 activists, ...
- October 12, 2008
2 Ilonggos succeed on bangus, biscocho
Tomas Hautea began exercising his entrepreneurial skills when he was still a student. At 18, Tomas also ventured into agriculture and leased fishponds, eventually purchasing the now family-owned fishpond in Dumangas, Iloilo ...
- September 7, 2008
Yap unveils abalone breeding program
Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap launched here yesterday a five-year, P15-million program spearheaded by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and DA-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ...
- July 22, 2007
Crisis becomes opportunity
The oil spill off Guimaras almost two years ago was tragic. For days it hogged the headlines on how bad it was for the environment but most of all, on how it deprived the fishermen of their livelihood. The livelihood project ...
- March 29, 2009
Study: Philippines' largest lake under threat
Pollution, slums and an invasion of foreign fish species are threatening the Philippines' largest lake, one of the nation's major fish farming regions, according to a study published Tuesday. Laguna de Bay on the outskirts ...
- March 5, 2008
Petron begins stoking fish cages in Guimaras
As part of its commitment to give more livelihood opportunities to Guimarasnons, Petron will begin of two of the three fish cages it established at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) area in the ...
- August 11, 2007
Iloilo's prized fish and specialties
My host, the Robinsons Mall group, told me that we were going to break through. I remembered my last visit when I did research for the book, "Iloilo" (The Lopez Group Foundation Inc., 2007). The restaurant name seems odd ...
- May 14, 2009
Capiceños get more gov't help for aqua-marine sector
The government has been helping Capiceños to further sustain its aquaculture and marine production, particularly through technical assistance and support. Provincial Agriculture chief Sylvia Dela Cruz disclosed that the ...
- June 5, 2008