Browsing Aquatic News Index by Scientific Name "Kappaphycus alvarezii"
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Disease-afflicted PH seaweed farms see hope with help of scientists
(Panay News,October 31, 2020 , on page 17-15)Seaweed farming, a multi-million dollar export industry in the Philippines, is at the centerpiece of a worldwide effort by scientists to better address the outbreak of diseases and pests that are plaguing the farms. With ... -
Disease-afflicted PH seaweed farms see hope with help of scientists
(DailyGuardian,October 31, 2020 , on page 6)Seaweed farming, a multi-million dollar export industry in the Philippines, is at the centerpiece of a worldwide effort by scientists to better address the outbreak of diseases and pests that are plaguing the farms. With ... -
DoST assists seaweed farmers in Mindanao
(The Manila Times,August 13, 2020 , on page B5)The Department of Science and Technology (DoST)-Region 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) has extended financial assistance to an association of seaweed farmers that has members in the coastal communities of Dumalinao and Pagadian ... -
DOST-PCAAARRD provides seaweed farming training
(The Philippine Star,February 8, 2015 , on page B4)As a form of assistance to Typhoon Pablo- stricken communities of Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley, DOST’s Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD) ... -
Exploring the benefits of seaweed
(Panay News,October 7, 2016 , on page 12)Living up its status as an agriculture-business (agri-business), marine and aquatic institution in the country, a school in Malita, Davao Occidental, has explored one of the many benefits of seaweed by converting it to ... -
The future of seaweed industry
(Manila Bulletin,April 29, 2017 , on page B-7)Oca Monzales now 71 years old has been engaged in the seaweed industry for 52 years now, starting way back in 1965. He has made it mission to propagate seaweed farming and is well-respected and well-loved in the rural areas ... -
Mindanao school converts seaweed into fertilizer
(The Philippine Star,October 9, 2016 , on page B4)Developed by the Southern Philippines Agri-Business and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology (SPAMAST), the fertilizer is derived from the drippings of Kappaphycus alvarezii, a species of red algae. Kappaphycus Drippings ... -
New developments to boost Aurora fish production
(Manila Bulletin,March 24, 2011 , on page B-9)Fisherfolk in Aurora can expect a boost in the province's fishery output with the new developments that can further enhance fish production, especially in the areas covered by the 321hectare Casiguran Mariculture Park. ... -
Overharvesting perils seaweeds
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 12, 2014 , on page A14)Passing through the highway traversing Alacan village in San Fabian town in Pangasinan province, one cannot ignore the peculiar smell of seaweeds being dried by fishermen by the roadside. Seaweeds harvesting has spurred ... -
Reigniting growth in Phl seaweed industry
(The Philippine Star,April 3, 2016 , on page B-5)The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) has developed techniques to produce fast growing seaweeds as local production continues to dwindle. SEAFDEC associate scientist Maria Rovilla Luhan said the ... -
SEAFDEC AQD develops new seaweed strain
(The Philippine Star,May 25, 2003 , on page B-7)A new strain of seaweed has been developed. The improved strain of Eucheuma denticulatum, developed by the Tigbauan, Iloilo-based Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD), grows ... -
September to February provides higher yield in seaweed culture
(Panay News,October 6, 2002 , on page 5-11)Research results conducted by scientists from the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and the University of the Philippines in the Visayas (UPV) at Panagatan Cays (shoal) in Caluya Group of Islands, ... -
Zamboanga puts up 1st seaweed gene bank, nursery
(The Philippine Star,April 1, 2007 , on page B-5)Seaweed farmers in Western Mindanao will soon have a regular source of quality seedlings because of the establishment of a seaweed gene bank and nursery at the Rio Hondo campus of the Zamboanga State College of Marine ...