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Iloilo
A Southeast Asian center based in Tigbauan town has embarked on an aquaculture textbook writing program. The government-hosted Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) ventured into ...
- October 1, 2000
Seafdec AQD chief reappointed
On the government's recommendation through President Estrada, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) has reappointed the chief of the Iloilo-based SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department (AQD) for a third term. ...
- February 28, 2000
Myanmar joins int'l fisheries body
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) has a new member. The Union of Myanmar (formerly Burma) is the latest addition to the membership of SEAFDEC, a treaty organization established in 1967 to promote ...
- May 28, 2000
Lanao
A government center in Lala, Lanao del Norte had been chosen as demonstration site for environment-friendly shrimp culture technologies. This is stipulated in a memorandum of agreement signed between the Department of ...
- July 30, 2000
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
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
'Dead' Iloilo river turned into freshwater reservoir
A once "dead river" in Iloilo is now throbbing with fish life, thanks to a government-hosted Southeast Asian research center located in Tigbauan town. Actually, the "dead river" in Dumalag town was a stream that naturally ...
- December 3, 2000
Iloilo
Thirteen more local government unit (LGU) officials in Western Visayas completed recently a training course on Sustainable Aquaculture and Coastal Resource Management (SACRMA). The training program is being implemented by ...
- July 16, 2000
Iloilo
A theme park dedicated to the environment education of the people will be opened to the general public on July 7. The opening of the park, officially named "Fish-World," will be one of the highlights of the July 6-7 ...
- July 3, 2000