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SEAFDEC builds biotech lab
A state-of-the-art biotechnology laboratory is now being built in the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) complex in this seaside town situated 25 kilometers west of Iloilo ...
- June 1, 2002
Kapiz shell industry being revived
The country's kapiz (window pane oyster) shell industry, which dwindled to near extinction in recent years owing to overexploitation of this mollusk, is well on its way to being revived. Spearheading the move is the ...
- July 7, 2002
Reviving seahorse industry brightening
A research breakthrough holds great promise of reviving the country's moribund seahorse industry. The scientific feat of breeding seahorse in captivity was achieved by researches of Southeast Asian Fisheries Development ...
- September 10, 2002
SEAFDEC slates stock enhancement consultation
Tigbauan, Iloilo - Scientists from Canada, Japan, the Philippines, and Thailand and fisheries officers from Southeast Asian countries will gather in Iloilo City from July 13-15, 2005 to formulate a plan of action to restock ...
- July 12, 2005
SEAFDEC, ASEAN bond to guarantee food security
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have joined hands to address food security and alleviate poverty in rural areas in the region. Member-countries ...
- October 29, 2002
Modern biotech lab in Iloilo nears completion
The construction of a modern biotechnology laboratory in this seaside town 24 kilometers west of Iloilo City is nearing completion. The Japanese government-funded, P431-million Laboratory for Advance Aquaculture Technologies ...
- December 28, 2002
'Kapis' makes comeback in Iloilo waters
First, the good news: two valuable mollusks, the "kapis" (Placuna placenta) or windowpane oysters and "bay-ad" (Placuna sp.) have made a comeback near the shores of Iloilo province. And now the bad news: they may soon ...
- October 12, 2002
Japan provides $6M for biotech aquaculture lab in Iloilo
Japan has provided a grant of $6 million (more than P30 million) for the establishment of an aquaculture biotechnology laboratory of the government-hosted Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department ...
- September 28, 2001
SEAFDEC-AQD: RP-based facility powers Asia to the forefront of world aquaculture dev't
Some 10,000 aquaculturists from across the world, mostly Southeast Asians, have been trained on scientific aquaculture over the past 25 years by a Philippine-based Southeast Asian center. The training program is being ...
- December 3, 2000
Scientists urge culture of endangered species
Iloilo City - Scientists from Southeast Asia and Japan are calling to intensified efforts to increase the stocks of threatened marine species to counter threats to food security in the region. They made the appeal on Friday ...
- July 18, 2005