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R&D breakthroughs speed up RP fisheries dev't
Years back, grouper (lapu-lapu) used to be caught in the wild or in their natural habitat - the sea. Now, it can be raised in brackish water ponds, thanks to a technology developed by the government-hosted, Tigbauan, ...
- July 4, 1999
Fisheries project to boost Western Samar
A government-hosted Southeast Asian center and a European Union-assisted program have agreed to undertake a fisheries project to boost the development of this province's coastal communities. A memorandum of agreement was ...
- May 24, 1999
Research projects to save prawn sector launched
Long-term and short-term research projects are now being undertaken to help solve the problems besetting the local prawn industry. "We have embarked on several projects to address the industry problems, "said Dr. Rolando ...
- January 25, 1999
Iloilo
Three elementary pupils and six high school students from five Iloilo towns won prizes in quiz, design, and essay contest conducted during the recent Aquaculture Week sponsored by a Southeast Asian center based in Tigbauan town.
- July 25, 1999
Mindanao aquaculture research projects up
The Mindanao State University (MSU) System and the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) have agreed to carry out aquaculture research and extension projects in Mindanao. Recognizing ...
- July 4, 1999
Arming Moro guerrillas with know-how, not guns
Fish for peace? From a press statement of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (Seafdec AQD) in Tigbauan, Iloilo, comes this question: "Can peace and development finally come to Muslim ...
- May 1, 1999
'Hito' can now be bred in captivity
Those fearing the extinction of the luscious catfish (hito) need not worry anymore. This popular fish, scientifically named Clarias macrocephalus, can now be induced to spawn in captivity. A scientific technique for this ...
- February 12, 1999
83 Asians complete SEAFDEC AQD courses on aquaculture
Eighty-three Asians, 43 of them Filipinos, have attended separately five training courses on aquaculture conducted by a government-hosted Southeast Asian center based in Iloilo during the past nine months. The courses were ...
- September 24, 1999
DA donates 16-hectare pond to fisheries center
The Department of Agriculture (DA) recently donated a 16-hectare pond here to a government-hosted Southeast Asian Center in Tigbauan, this province. The pond is now used by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center ...
- February 3, 1999
Seafdec conducts trainers training for fry gatherers
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec) trained fry gatherers from San Joaquin recently at Seafdec here. The activity was one of the secretaries of seminars that Seafdec is conducting until July. The ...
- June 23, 1999