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Mangroves, fishponds, and the quest for sustainability
Aquaculture ranks as a phenomenal success story in global food production. In 1975, when I joined the SEAFDEC/AQD, aquaculture contributed 8% to the overall yield of the world's fish harvest; now it provides more than ...
- July 26, 2007
DA, SEAFDEC to implement tagging of fishes
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) plan to implement a number coding or tagging of up to 2,400 pieces of small pelagic fishes like galunggong, hasa-hasa and ...
- January 14, 2008
₱3-M project for Guimaras fisherfolk set
A ₱3-million mariculture project in Guimaras is set to kick off sometime this August to further empower the province's fisherfolk affected by the oil spill. Serving at the front of the project is the South East Asian ...
- August 16, 2007
Abalone culture in Nogas Island
As part of a joint searching experiment, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) and the municipal government of Anini-y, Antique seeded more than 5,000 abalones (Haliotis ...
- August 4, 2007
Shrimp production to double in 5 yrs-DA
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is optimistic that domestic shrimp production will double in the next five years and that the Philippines will regain its status as one of the world's top exporters of shrimp. Agriculture ...
- July 10, 2008
Seafdec-AQD urges biosecurity for shrimp farms
In a recent biosecurity forum, Dr. Joebert Toledo, Chief of the Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), has offered to provide shrimp farmers free diagnostic services as ...
- June 16, 2007
Ilonggo scientist featured by Time magazine
An Iloilo-based retired scientist and environmentalist have been featured by Time magazine for her work in helping protect the environment. Jurgenne Primavera, senior scientist at the Southeast Asian Fisheries and Development ...
- October 3, 2008
SEAFDEC conducts training on seaweed biotech
It is no secret among seaweed industry insiders that the biggest problem facing the industry is the scarcity of good quality seed stock. Like rice farmers, seaweed farmers set aside a bit of their harvest to use as seeds ...
- April 5, 2007
Capiznon wins U.S. science tilt
A novice researcher may only be as good as her/his adviser-mentor. If so, SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department should stand prouder when one of its research advises- Melvyn Carko Barroa- won the top spot in the 10th Intel ...
- June 7, 2007
Mangroves, fishponds, and the quest for sustainability
My earliest training was in zoology, and when I began studying the taxonomy of mangroves, I found the diversity of these habitats challenging. On a trip to the Mai Po, Hong Kong, mangroves in 1993, experts from Thailand ...
- August 2, 2007