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    • BFAR assures public: measures in place vs tilapia virus threat 

      GMA News (Panay News, June 20, 2017, on page B2)
      The Philippine fisheries bureau on Saturday assured the public that appropriate risk management measures are ready to stop the possible entry into the country of a lake virus attacking tilapia fish in several countries. ...
    • DA-BFAR's statement: No outbreak of Diseases in Tilapia and shrimps 

      Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) (SunStar Philippines, June 28, 2020, on page 7)
      The Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic clarifies that there is no outbreak of diseases in tilapia or shrimp and that the recent cases of fish mortality in the Taal Lake and Laguna de Bay area were ...
    • DA-BFAR's statement: No outbreak of Diseases in Tilapia and shrimps 

      Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) (SunStar Philippines, June 29, 2020, on page 7)
      The Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic clarifies that there is no outbreak of diseases in tilapia or shrimp and that the recent cases of fish mortality in the Taal Lake and Laguna de Bay area were ...
    • DA-BFAR's statement: No outbreak of Diseases in Tilapia and shrimps 

      Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) (SunStar Philippines, June 30, 2020, on page 5)
      The Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic clarifies that there is no outbreak of diseases in tilapia or shrimp and that the recent cases of fish mortality in the Taal Lake and Laguna de Bay area were ...
    • Fish expert warns fish farmers of fish diseases, advises preventive measures 

      (Panay News, October 26, 2018, on page C11)
      Dr. Leobert dela Peña, SEAFDEC/AQD Research Division Head, warns fish farmers of diseases common in farmed fish. “Preventive measure is still the best approach,” he said. The warning was conveyed by dela Peña during the ...
    • Fish mortality cases in Taal, Laguna lakes not due to disease 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, June 25, 2020, on page 2)
      The recent fish mortality cases in Taal Lake and Laguna de Bay were not due to an outbreak of certain diseases, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). In a statement, BFAR said there is no ...
    • Japanese scientist takes leading role in research on fish diseases 

      (Manila Bulletin, June 26, 2003, on page D-3)
      A Japanese fish scientist has been assigned by the Japanese government to oversee the planning and management of a Philippine-based Southeast Asian fish disease project. Dr. Kazuya Nagasawa, a fish parasite and disease ...
    • Mahalagang anunsyo: Walang kumakalat na sakit sa mga tilapia 

      Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) (SunStar Philippines, June 30, 2020, on page 5)
      Bunsod ng paglaganap ng isang balita tungkol sa sakit ng tilapia at hipon, mariin na pinasisinungalingan ng Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ng Department of Agriculture ang nasabing kumakalat ng balita. Nais ...
    • Mahalagang anunsyo: Walang kumakalat na sakit sa mga tilapia 

      Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) (SunStar Philippines, June 29, 2020, on page 7)
      Bunsod ng paglaganap ng isang balita tungkol sa sakit ng tilapia at hipon, mariin na pinasisinungalingan ng Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ng Department of Agriculture ang nasabing kumakalat ng balita. Nais ...
    • Mahalagang anunsyo: Walang kumakalat na sakit sa mga tilapia 

      Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) (SunStar Philippines, June 28, 2020, on page 7)
      Bunsod ng paglaganap ng isang balita tungkol sa sakit ng tilapia at hipon, mariin na pinasisinungalingan ng Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ng Department of Agriculture ang nasabing kumakalat ng balita. Nais ...
    • New methods could control fish disease 

      Villamor, Marites S. (BusinessWorld, January 28, 2010, on page S1/8)
      Scientists at the Iloilo-based Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) have developed methods and vaccines to control the viral nervous necrosis disease in economically ...
    • Oplan balik sugpo: New AQD chief bares plan for SEAFDEC activities 

      (The Daily Guardian, October 19, 2017, on page B1, B6)
      Other than streamlining its Research and Development programs, the new chief of the Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) in Tigbauan, Iloilo is eyeing to revive the ...
    • Rice to riches: Vietnam’s farmer gamble of shrimp 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, August 10, 2017, on page B4)
      The Mekong Delta, long renowned as the “rice bowl of Vietnam”, is now also home to a multi-billion-dollar shrimp industry and burgeoning numbers of farmers are building fortunes from the small crustaceans. The shrimp bonanza ...
    • SEAFDEC develops vaccine against devastating fish virus 

      Icamina, Paul M. (Malaya, September 9, 2011, on page A9-A10)
      Tigbauan, Iloilo - A vaccine is being field tested against a virus that causes one of the world's most lethal fish diseases that wipes out entire stocks. "The emergence of fish diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, and ...
    • Seafdec pushes aquaculture biotechnology in Asean 

      (BusinessMirror, February 14, 2012, on page Retrieved from-http://businessmirror.com.ph/component/content/article/53-agri-commod...)
      Dr. Joebert D. Toledo, the Filipino scientist who heads the Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Council (Seafdec), was candid enough. Genetic manipulation, he said, is not yet acceptable ...
    • Shrimp school in Dagupan ushers in new promise for PH aquaculture 

      Riñoza, Jojo (Manila Bulletin, August 24, 2015, on page 15)
      "Failures are ingredients to success." This quote holds true for the Shrimp School of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources- National Integrated Fisheries Technology and Development Center(BFAR-NIFTDC) in Dagupan ...
    • Summer heat takes toll on tilapia 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, May 8, 2015, on page 14)
      The sweltering summer heat has taken its toll on tilapia and other fishes, as they become infected with deadly lice. Westly Rosario, center chief of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and interim director of the ...
    • UN sounds alarm on lethal tilapia virus 

      IPS (The Manila Times, June 2, 2017, on page B5)
      A highly contagious disease is spreading among farmed and wild tilapia, one of the world’s most important fish for human consumption, the United Nations warns, adding that though not a human health risk, Tilapia Lake Virus ...