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'FishWorld' opens in Iloilo seaside town
An environment park constructed here is now open to the public. Officially called "FishWorld," the facility was constructed by the government-hosted Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department ...
- July 19, 2000
SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department: "Reviving Kapis Fishery"
The Kapis shell (Placuna placenta), better known as lampirong to the Ilonggos is a bivalve mollusk with translucent shells and a very small body. Wild stocks of this shell used to abound in the coastal waters of Oton and ...
- July 8, 2000
Iloilo town set to regain 'Alaska of RP' tag
Time was when the Iloilo town of Carles was dubbed the "Alaska of the Philippines". The northernmost town of Iloilo's fifth district situated 147 kilometers north of Iloilo City, Carles has the longest coastline in the ...
- September 8, 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 6, 2000
Bulacan fish hatchery multiplies common carp
Edmund and Yayan Mercado of Angat, Bulacan are entrepreneurs who are always looking for new possibilities. Sometime back, they became the first accredited producers of native hito fingerlings by the Southeast Asian Fisheries ...
- December 30, 2000
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
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
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