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Asia still top shrimp producer
Asia has maintained its lead position as the world’s top shrimp producer. Thailand continues to dominate the trade, followed by China and Indonesia. From No. 3, the Philippines has nosedived to No. 8. This information on ...
- September 1, 2002
'Code of Practice' for sustainable shrimp farming formulated
A "Code of Practice for Sustainable Shrimp Farming" has been formulated. Behind the move were the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR), Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center ...
- June 16, 2002
RP aquaculture sector benefits from BFAR-SEAFDEC program
The country's aquaculture sector continues to benefit considerably from a program jointly being implemented by a government agency and a Southeast Asian center. Called Joint Mission for Accelerated Nationwide Technology ...
- June 2, 2002
Scientists, fish farmers set plan to save shrimp industry
A good number of aquaculture scientists and researchers and fish farmers from various parts of the country met in this city recently and adopted measures to facilitate the recovery of the moribund shrimp industry. The ...
- August 17, 2002
Local shrimp industry seen to regain strength
Close to a thousand shrimp growers in the country met recently in Bacolod City and agreed to join hands in solving the problems besetting the shrimp industry. In a display of oneness, they hammered out seven urgent resolutions ...
- August 11, 2002
Shrimp production to double in 5 yrs-DA
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is optimistic that domestic shrimp production will double in the next five years and that the Philippines will regain its status as one of the world's top exporters of shrimp. Agriculture ...
- July 10, 2008
Shrimp farmers in the Philippines go for the Pacific white shrimp
Thirty-eight (38) grow-out farms and seven (7) accredited hatcheries might not seem a lot, but their very existence signals the Philippines' entry into white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei aquaculture. Foreign and local ...
- June 25, 2008
Raising ulang in fish cages
It is now feasible to raise ulang (giant freshwater prawn) in fish cages in lakes. The technology was developed and continues to be refined under a collaborative project on the development of a genetically improved strain ...
- March 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
Gov't ceases multi-million white shrimp research
A multi-million peso research on Vannamei, a foreign white shrimp, has been discontinued by the government-owned National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC) in view of the controversy surrounding ...
- April 14, 2005