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Usec Drilon appeals: Guard Kapis shells
Usec Cesear Drilon of the Department of Agriculture appealed to the Ilonggos particularly, Tigbauan, Oton, and Guimbal fisherfolks to protect the Kapis shells (locally known as lampirong) along Panay Gulf. This was addressed ...
- July 12, 2000
Kapis shell industry revival
Agriculture Undersecretary for Fisheries Cesar Drilon pledges the support of the Department of Agriculture in the campaign to revive the kapis shell industry in western Iloilo coastal towns. The program is being undertaken ...
- September 1, 2000
Iloilo
The kapiz industry, once a thriving activity in western Iloilo's coastal towns, is now being revived. The effort is being spearheaded by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) ...
- July 23, 2000
Aquaculture association up; goals cited
The Philippine Aquaculture Society (PAS) is now being organized. Its establishment has been authorized by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with the approval of the society's articles of incorporation and by ...
- September 15, 2000
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
Indonesia okayed as 9th SEAFDEC member
Indonesia has been admitted as member of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC). Panu Tavarutmaneegul, secretary general of the Bangkok, Thailand-based SEAFDEC secretariat, announced Indonesia's admission ...
- October 30, 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
Kapis shell trade revival urged
Agriculture Undersecretary for Fisheries Cesar Drilon has urged Ilonggos, particularly those in the first district of this province, to protect the Kapis shells in their coastal waters and revive the once prosperous industry. ...
- September 3, 2000