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Captive snappers induced to spawn
Here's another first in local fisheries research: The snapper, locally known as maya-maya, has been induced to spawn in captivity. The feat was achieved by Dr. Arnil Emata, associate scientist of the Tigbauan, Iloilo-based ...
- June 13, 1993
World shrimp industry faces uncertain future
The high value and short gestation period of shrimps made them attractive to investors in the Philippines and other shrimp-producing nations starting in the late 1970s up to the later 1980s. "This was the period of the ...
- January 4, 1998
Research projects to save prawn sector launched
Long-term and short-term research projects are now being undertaken to help solve the problems besetting the local prawn industry. "We have embarked on several projects to address the industry problems, "said Dr. Rolando ...
- January 25, 1999
Iloilo
Three elementary pupils and six high school students from five Iloilo towns won prizes in quiz, design, and essay contest conducted during the recent Aquaculture Week sponsored by a Southeast Asian center based in Tigbauan town.
- July 25, 1999
Fish health network set up
A Southeast Asian center based here and two Philippine government agencies have joined hands to organize a national network for aquatic animal health. The network has been worked on by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development ...
- August 25, 1996
'Hito' can now be bred in captivity
Those fearing the extinction of the luscious catfish (hito) need not worry anymore. This popular fish, scientifically named Clarias macrocephalus, can now be induced to spawn in captivity. A scientific technique for this ...
- February 12, 1999
83 Asians complete SEAFDEC AQD courses on aquaculture
Eighty-three Asians, 43 of them Filipinos, have attended separately five training courses on aquaculture conducted by a government-hosted Southeast Asian center based in Iloilo during the past nine months. The courses were ...
- September 24, 1999
Iloilo
Four more regular training courses on aquaculture will be conducted for the rest of the year for Asians by the government-hosted Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) based in ...
- May 24, 1998
Women work more than men, study says
Contrary to what is popularly known, women in fishing communities work more than men. A study done by researchers of the Tigbauan, Iloilo-based Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC ...
- November 10, 1999
Fisheries specialists finish program
Fourteen fisheries specialists from 12 Asian countries completed last Sep. 27 a 12-week course on Coastal Aquaculture conducted by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) at ...
- September 29, 1996