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Asean, Seafdec join forces to address food security problem in Asia
Two Southeast Asian organizations have pooled their resources to address food security and alleviate poverty in rural areas in the region. Member countries of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and ...
- October 16, 2002
Kapis shell industry being revived
Kapis is known scientifically as Placuna placenta and locally as "lampirong." It is a bivalve mollusk with translucent shells and a very small body. The only source of this shell is wild stocks that used to abound in some ...
- July 31, 2000
Aquaculture: The wave of the future
Ranking officials of international donor agencies and institutions supporting and working on aquaculture and related fields in Asia and the Pacific began their three-day meeting in the country yesterday, confident that ...
- December 1, 2002
5 Iloilo towns join hands to rehabilitate coastal waters
Officials of five southern Iloilo towns have joined in the Herculean effort to rehabilitate the southern coastal waters of the province. In an unprecedented move, the mayors of the towns of Oton, Tigbauan, Guimbal, Miagao, ...
- November 25, 2001
Success in spawning top shell achieved
For the first time, scientists of a government-hosted Southeast Asian center in Iloilo have succeeded in spawning the economically important top shell. The feat was achieved by Rolando Gapasin, Dr. Clarissa Marte, and Dr. ...
- August 4, 2002
Breakthrough in abalone research achieved
Abalone, a marine mollusk, can withstand prolonged food deprivation without ill-effect of its growth. This was found in a study done by Armando Fermin, a scientist of the government-hosted Southeast Asian Fisheries Development ...
- August 18, 2002
Outstanding researchers awarded
Thirteen aquaculture and fisheries researchers won science awards conferred by the Los Baños Science Community (LBSC). The awardees received the 14th Dr. Elvira Tan Memorial awards, which carried cash prizes and plaques, ...
- August 6, 2000
New technology boosts revival of 'hito' industry
The native catfish (hito) industry, which appears headed for extinction, may yet be revived. Basis pf this optimistic outlook is the development of a technology for the mass production of Asian catfish (Clarias macrocephalus) ...
- September 10, 2000
Aquaculture biotechnology complex to rise in Iloilo
A biotechnology laboratory will soon rise in the seaside Iloilo town of Tigbauan situated 24 kilometers west of Iloilo City. The establishment of the Laboratory for Advanced Aquaculture Technologies is a joint initiative ...
- April 14, 2002
Iloilo
Nine nationals of as many Southeast Asian countries completed recently and intensive training course on mangrove-shrimp culture systems conducted in Tigbauan town. The course was conducted by the Southeast Asian Fisheries ...
- October 21, 2001