Browsing by Scientific Name "Holothuria scabra"

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    • At sandfish training, foreign participants 'learn by doing' 

      (Panay News, April 27, 2018, on page B11)
      Tigbauan, Iloilo – “The training has a personal touch. It’s learning by doing,” said Chinnasamy Ravichandran, an Indian participant at the recently concluded sandfish training at the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department (AQD). ...

    • BFAR Administrative, Circular No. 248, Series of 2013, Subject: Size regulation for sea cucumber collection and trade 

      Department of Agriculture (DA) (The Philippine Star, December 4, 2013, on page B-13)
      Whereas, the alarming rate of the sea cucumber exploitation for the meat trade, the recent discovery of their potential medical and pharmaceutical applications and the recognition of their ecological importance became ...

    • Commercial production of sea cucumber now possible 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, August 3, 2014, on page B-2)
      They are over exploited in the wild due to high demand from consumers for their reported medical, pharmaceutical, gastronomical and commercial use. Now, sea cucumber (Holothuria scabra) culture in hatcheries at the Bureau ...

    • 'Gold' seen in sea cucumbers 

      (The Visayan Daily Star, May 14, 2010, on page 15)
      Sea cucumbers are good bets for fish farmers wanting to find the new "gold" in aquaculture at the selling price of US$180 to 250 per kilogram (12,000 per kg) in the United States, a Department of Agriculture press release ...

    • Learn aquaculture hands-on snd online! 

      (DailyGuardian, January 25, 2020, on page 4 (supplement))
      SEAFDEC/AQD is now accepting applicants for its 2020 training courses.

    • New hatchery for sea cucumber at SEAFDEC 

      (The News Today, May 14, 2010, on page 7-6)
      At the price of $180 to 250 per kilogram (Php 12,000 per kg) of dried sea cucumber in the United States, sea cucumber are good bets for fish farmers wanting to find the new gold in aquaculture. This has driven South East ...

    • Sandfish: expensive, endangered, and ecologically essential 

      Ledesma, Rossea Hosillos (DailyGuardian, May 29, 2020, on page 6-8)
      Sandfish, or Holothuria scabra, is one of the most threatened tropical sea cucumbers because of its high price, reaching up to $1,600 per kilogram (approximately P80,800) when processed and dried into trepang or beche-de-mer ...

    • Sandfish: expensive, endangered, and ecologically essential 

      Ledesma, Rossea Hosillos (Panay News, May 30, 2020, on page 13)
      Sandfish, or Holothuria scabra, is one of the most threatened tropical sea cucumbers because of its high price, reaching up to $1,600 per kilogram (approximately P80,800) when processed and dried into trepang or beche-de-mer ...

    • Sea cucumber potential 'gold' for fish farmers 

      PN (Panay News, June 13, 2010, on page 1-10)
      At the price of $180 to $250 per kilogram (P12,000 per kg) of dried sea cucumber in the United States, sea cucumber is a good bet for Ilonggo fish farmers wanting to find the new "gold" in aquaculture. This has driven the ...

    • Towards more sea cucumber: Hatchery technicians upskilled to solve production bottleneck 

      (DailyGuardian, March 21, 2024, on page 6-8)
      To overcome hurdles hindering the mainstreaming of sea cucumber aquaculture production in the Philippines, an international research organization conducted specialized training for technical staff nationwide on an innovative ...