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New species of soil-cleaning worm named after Iloilo
A new species of mudworm, known to clean the soil in fishponds, was recently identified and named after Iloilo, the province where its eggs were collected and hatched. Now called Marphysa iloiloensis, eggs of this mudworm, ...
- January 25, 2020
Seafdec technology helping Mindanao fishing industry
The members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in collaboration with the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec), have started recently a joint project on net cage culture of grouper as a livelihood ...
- July 7, 1999
SEAFDEC, Panay Gulf program expand kapis breeding project
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center's aquaculture department (SEAFDEC/AQD) is aggressively pursuing a collaboration effort with the Iloilo first district's Panay Gulf Development Program (PGDP) to revive the ...
- November 10, 1999
Research project for tuna farming in PH takes off
Japanese technology on farming mackerel tuna, locally known as tulingan, is set to be adopted in the Philippines. A Japanese researcher is already procuring breeders to establish a hatchery in Iloilo. Experimental runs on ...
- January 8, 2020
Eco-friendly tiger shrimp farming pushed
With its premium taste and superior economic value, tiger shrimp is being pushed as an alternative species to farm alongside the popular whiteleg shrimp or vannamei. Locally known as lukon or sugpo, tiger shrimp’s potentials ...
- November 23, 2019
Heated tanks lead to productive milkfish spawning in cold months
A premier fisheries research center in the country is promoting a simple technology to address the perennial shortage of milkfish fry that continues to hound fish farmers in the Philippines during the cold months of the ...
- February 27, 2021
Popularity of mangrove crabs spurs trainings on crab farming
Due to the growing popularity of mangrove crabs, locally known as alimango, aqua farmers and entrepreneurs have recently been busy attending trainings on how to grow the prized seafood. In a span of three months, five ...
- November 20, 2019
Learn from mistakes shrimps growers told
With the apparent resurgence of the lucrative shrimp industry, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center/Aquaculture Department (Seafdec/AQD) is urging shrimp growers to include reservoir and tails pond in their ...
- August 11, 2001
Seafdec projects get positive feedback
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec) is receiving good feedback from local government units (LGU) for its verification and extension projects. Just recently, Atty. Evelyn Camposano-Jiz, regional manager ...
- August 18, 1999
Fish for peace in Mindanao
Can peace and development finally come to Muslim Mindanao? Some logicians may think it preposterous, but the solution may just lie in training politicized Muslims to fish, instead of engaging them in combat. On March 10-13, ...
- April 8, 1999