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Cordillera-friendly tilapia developed
A new strain of tilapia suited to the cool-elevated areas of the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) has been launched for field-testing. Specifically, genetically engineered to withstand the climate in the northern ...
- July 28, 2002
SEAFDEC bats for mangrove conservation
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) is taking bold steps to facilitate mangrove reforestation and rehabilitation through local governance. Dr. J.H. Primavera, Senior Aquaculture Specialist at the ...
- July 14, 2005
Tilapia training course set Nov 6-10
Want to know more about tilapia hatchery operations? If you do, then a training course on the subject programmed to be held Nov. 6-10 is for you. The five-day course will be conducted by the Southeast Asian Fisheries ...
- October 29, 2000
SEAFDEC eyes higher budget
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, which is partly owned by the government, has asked the Department of Foreign Affairs to increase its 2007 budgetary allocation to 120 million. SEAFDEC aquaculture department ...
- July 3, 2006
SEAFDEC-BFAR collaboration strengthened
Representatives of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) have agreed to strengthen their collaboration. Director Corazon ...
- February 26, 2001
RP in global effort to save the seahorse
The government-hosted, Tigbauan, Iloilo-based Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) has also been conducting research on the seahorse. Started in 1996, the SEAFDEC AQD ornamental ...
- September 11, 2000
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
Kapis conservation in Iloilo pushed
Agriculture Undersecretary for Fisheries Cesar Drilon has enjoined Ilonggos to protect the kapis shells in their coastal waters. Drilon made the appeal during a recent dialogue with fisherfolk concerning the protection of ...
- August 8, 2000
Entrepreneurship needed in the countryside
There are actually many opportunities waiting for the enterprising to undertake. Like, for instance, Jose "Lebong" Aralar in Binangonan, Rizal. He used to be a nurse in a hospital many years ago. However, he saw the potential ...
- August 10, 2000
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