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Seafdec hosts int'l fisheries gab in Iloilo
This southern Philippines city takes center stage today as the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) holds a regional consultation on fisheries concerns at the Iloilo Business Hotel. World-renowned scientists ...
- July 13, 2005
DA launches abalone breeding program
Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap yesterday launched in Iloilo a five-year program to address shortage of abalone in the world market spearheaded by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center and the Bureau of Fisheries ...
- July 14, 2007
Capiceños get more gov't help for aqua-marine sector
The government has been helping Capiceños to further sustain its aquaculture and marine production, particularly through technical assistance and support. Provincial Agriculture chief Sylvia Dela Cruz disclosed that the ...
- June 5, 2008
Fish tagging program starts
Up to 2,400 species of small pelagic fishes like galunggong, tunsoy, tawiles,hasa-hasa, and matangbaka in the waters of Palawan and Manila Bay are targeted for tagging and coding under a joint research program that will ...
- January 16, 2008
DA sets aside ₱15M for abalone sector
The Department of Agriculture has allocated P15 million for the further development of the local abalone industry, in a bid to take advantage of growing demand for the product abroad. Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap ...
- July 16, 2007
SEAFDEC: Ensure biosecurity for shrimp farms
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center said it will provide free diagnostic services to shrimp farmers who suspect or experience a disease outbreak. SEAFDEC said in a press release that in its recent biosecurity ...
- June 18, 2007
Tiger prawn output; more exports seen
Tiger prawn raising marked a hefty growth in the second quarter to 3,164 metric tons (MT) from only 136.93 MT in the same period in 2007 which should also raise Philippine prawn export to Japan and other countries. The ...
- November 11, 2008
Disease threatens Sorsogon aquaculture industry
The deadly white spot syndrome virus has infected prawn farms here, threatening to wipe out Sorsogon's aquaculture industry. The WSSV was first reported in 1993 in China and Japan and the disease has spread to the other ...
- April 19, 2004
Vannamei shrimp breeding stock destroyed amid diseases onslaught
Dagupan City - The experimental culture of vannamei shrimps (Penaeus vannamei) in the country hit a snag when the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources decided to destroy its stock breeders which were found afflicted ...
- April 14, 2005
Scientist pushes high-value fish for mariculture
Tacloban City - "Research should not end in the writing of technical report, but in the actual implementation of the technology," said Dr. Fred Yap, chief of Research Division of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development ...
- July 29, 2005