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R&D plan to boost seaweed industry
An agency of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has hammered out a research and development (R&D) program to boost the development of the country's seaweed industry. The R&D program was prepared by the Los ...
- October 15, 1993
Demand for fish outgrows supply
For the past five years, demand for fish grew by 2.5 percent a year as a result of population growth, but production or catch rose by only 0.3 percent yearly. In other words, the growth in demand far outpaced the growth ...
- March 23, 1990
Fisheries dep't will end political football
In 1996, we already had a shortfall of about 600,000 tons of fish. With globalization now a reality, we've gone beyond mere processing of imported mackerel to actual importation of bangus and even the lowly galunggong. In ...
- May 25, 1999
Boracay waters being rid of coral-devouring starfishes
A campaign to rid the waters of the world-famous tourists island of Boracay in Aklan of crown-of-thorns (COT) starfishes in on. Since last year, some 10,000 COTs have been manually gathered by local dive shop operators, ...
- September 27, 1999
Engineering design spells success or failure of any aquaculture enterprise
Success or failure of any aquaculture venture depends largely on engineering design. Aquaculture has drawn heavily from engineering science the design and construction of farms and so if one desires to make good on ...
- December 29, 1999
Milkfish probe urged
Sen Robert Jaworski expressed alarm yesterday on the entry of "mestisong bangus" (imported milkfish) from Taiwan which is threatening its local counterpart which happens to be the country's national fish.
- March 27, 1999
Seafdec livelihood tie-ups commended
"This is the kind of project that directly benefits folks," says Department of Agriculture (DA) Undersecretary for Fisheries Cesar Drilon of the recent tie-up of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), ...
- May 11, 1999
Panther grouper spawns in captivity, finally
For the first time in the Philippines, panther grouper, a fish species locally known as señorita, has spawned in captivity. The feat was achieved at the fish farm of Filiberto Oliveros, chairman of the Honda Bay Foundation, ...
- January 18, 1998
Seahorses a potential big dollar earner
In view of the seahorses' potentials, researchers worldwide, including those of the Tigbauan, Iloilo-based Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center's Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD), have been studying the development ...
- February 19, 1999
Seafdec receives two awards
The Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec/AQD) swept the 1996 Dr. Elvira O. Tan Memorial Award for both aquaculture and marine fisheries category. AQD researchers Teresa R. de ...
- July 29, 1996