Browsing by Subject "prawn culture"

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    • Aquaculture targets food sufficiency 

      Portal, Tadz (Panay News, July 10, 2001, on page 7)
      The success of researches in aquaculture technology should be gauged by its usefulness in boosting production to achieve food sufficiency. Seafdec Aquaculture Department (AQD) is a pioneer in aquaculture researches. Bureau ...

    • Aquaculturists discuss best practices in prawn farming 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA); PN (Panay News, May 11, 1999, on page 7-6)
      Aquaculture experts from Southeast Asia and Latin America gathered in Bangkok, Thailand on April 20-23 to discuss key issues for sustainable management of shrimp culture. Dan Baliao, TVES head, attended for SEAFDEC to ...

    • Awareness on fish products with export potentials 

      Yap, Julio P. Jr. (Panay News, May 30, 2018, on page 10)
      The Country has high export potentials for its fish and fishery products. These potentials stemmed from the country’s vast natural resources, including the market demand and reasonable prices offered to export products. ...

    • BFAR Director Dennis Araullo: Balancing fish production with conservation 

      (Manila Bulletin, October 22, 1997, on page SS-2)
      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 ...

    • Brackishwater aquaculture areas await new investors 

      Technology Dispatch (Agribusiness Weekly, February 10, 1989, on page 11)
      The growing interest among Taiwanese businessmen in developing the Philippines' brackiswater areas for prawn production augurs well for local producers of marine products for export. At present, Taiwan leads all other ...

    • DA to create Prawn Board 

      Felix, Rocel C. (The Philippine Star, April 6, 2003, on page B-7)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) will create a Prawn Board to address the pressing concerns of the industry, particularly growers in Negros Occidental, one of the biggest prawn-producing regions in the country. The local ...

    • Deadly disease hits Iloilo prawn hatheries 

      Alvarez, Ramiro C. (Manila Bulletin, March 29, 1988, on page 31)
      Some 30 newly set up barangay prawn hatcheries in four coastal towns of Iloilo are suffering heavy losses from infestations of a deadly bacterial disease. What makes the disease even more distressing is that it has no known ...

    • Dry spell delays stocking of shrimp, prawn fry 

      NLG (BusinessWorld, March 19, 2010, on page S1/2)
      The prolonged dry spell is delaying the stocking of pawn and shrimp fries, but this is not expected to dampen business prospects, an industry leader said during a recent forum here. Stocking may take place in May and the ...

    • Farmed prawn can be a foreign exchange earner 

      Yap, Julio Jr (Panay News, June 14, 2017, on page 10)
      Locally farmed prawn could be a vital foreign exchange earner for the country. It is a variety of prawn of the eastern Pacific Ocean that is commonly caught or farmed for food. Despite the problems confronting the sector, ...

    • Fish farming lucrative in Cordillera 

      See, Dexter (Manila Bulletin, October 11, 2011, on page 8)
      Aquaculture such as fish farming is viable, sustainable and now a profitable business here in Cordillera which is now also being patronized by rice, corn and vegetable farmers as an alternative source of their income to ...

    • Fish farms = low catch 

      Montebon, Marivir (Manila Standard, August 5, 1991, on page 14)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) has found that fishponds and prawn farms have caused the decline of annual fish harvests. In a study, the Japanese-funded center said that small fishermen lose ...

    • Fish sufficiency through aquaculture 

      Macahilo, Max N. (The Daily Guardian, September 14, 2015, on page B1)
      With 8,000 metric tons in fish production per quarter, Negros Occidental maintained its sufficiency in marine and aquaculture products, government statistics indicated. Though it was reported recently that fish production ...

    • Fisheries awardees announced 

      (Manila Bulletin, October 18, 2001, on page B-20)
      A medical technologist, a former piggery caretaker, a professor and a chemical engineer-turned-fish scientist were declared winners of the "Fish for Every Filipino Awards 2001" for outstanding fish production and research. ...

    • Fisheries production drops in Q1 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, May 13, 2018, on page B4)
      Fisheries production in the country fell 3.03 percent in the first quarter due to lower output in all sub-sectors. Based on latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority, commercial fisheries output declined three ...

    • Fisheries production improves in 2019 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, February 1, 2020, on page B4)
      The local fisheries production continued its positive streak, rising by 1.5 percent in 2019 amid better output in the municipal and aquaculture sectors. Latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed that ...

    • Fishponds, prawn farms reduce catch of Iloilo 

      PNF (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 1, 1991, on page 6)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) has found that fishponds and prawn farms have caused the decline of annual fish harvests. In a study, the Japanese-funded center said that small fishermen lose ...

    • Freshwater prawn a sustainable alternative to tiger shrimp 

      Dianala, Rex Delsar B. (DailyGuardian, March 14, 2020, on page 7-12)
      Growing up to a foot long, three to a kilo and with a taste very much likened to lobster and tiger shrimp, one would wonder why not more people in the Philippines are farming freshwater prawns. Locally known as ulang or ...

    • Freshwater prawn, a sustainable alternative to tiger shrimp? 

      Dianala, Rex Delsar B. (Panay News, March 14, 2020, on page 9)
      Growing up to a foot long, three to a kilo, and with a taste very much likened to lobster and tiger shrimp, one would wonder why not more people in the Philippines are farming freshwater prawns. Locally known as ulang or ...

    • Freshwater prawns a delicacy well sought after by many Filipinos 

      Yap, Julio Jr (Daily Tribune, January 2, 2023, on page B12)
      Seafood desired by many who love to eat well in the country includes the giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii), commonly known as ulang in Tagalog and Udang in Ilocano. According to the Philippine Council for ...

    • Imported feeds may pose threat to prawn growers 

      De Leon, Hernani P. (BusinessWorld, January 8, 1990, on page 13)
      Imported feeds may be hazardous to local prawn-growing operations, a study of the Department of Agriculture (DA) indicated. A research paper authored by Ramon Clarete and Angelina Cortez, agriculture department consultants, ...