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DA to create Prawn Board
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will create a Prawn Board to address the pressing concerns of the industry, particularly growers in Negros Occidental, one of the biggest prawn-producing regions in the country. The local ...
- April 6, 2003
Hatchery-bred milkfish fry: A must for fisheries development!
Recognizing the importance of hatchery-bred fry, the national government, through the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center–Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD), has, for years, been conducting a research and ...
- May 8, 2000
Dagupan City pushes bid to become bangus capital of the world
Soon, bangus (milkfish), the country’s national fish and also this city’s famous product, will be known as the fish of the masses not only in the Philippines but also in Asia. House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., who is also ...
- May 19, 2002
Make way for 'Hipon 911' ambulance for white shrimps
Make way for “Hipon 911,” an ambulance basically for white shrimps called Penaeus vannamei. A first in the country, the Hipon 911 has a licensed veterinarian and four other personnel of the Department of Agriculture and ...
- September 4, 2008
'Dead' Iloilo river turned into freshwater reservoir
A once "dead river" in Iloilo is now throbbing with fish life, thanks to a government-hosted Southeast Asian research center located in Tigbauan town. Actually, the "dead river" in Dumalag town was a stream that naturally ...
- December 3, 2000
Probiotics products for shrimp culture becoming very popular
Probiotics are increasingly becoming popular as a tool in preventing bacterial infection in farmed shrimp. They are commercially available, within easy reach of fish farmers for use in their farms. Probiotics, as explained ...
- September 8, 2000
Aquaculture technologies empowering fisherfolk
A government hosted Southeast Asian center based here will celebrate its 27th anniversary on July 6-7 confident that it can continue strongly supporting the aquaculture research and development (R&D) programs of the region. ...
- July 4, 2000
Wastelands eyed for aquaculture production
The Department of Agriculture through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources entered recently into an agreement with the provincial government of Ilocos Norte to develop jointly a one-hectare unproductive sand dune ...
- February 2, 2001
Bangus industry headed for much better times
The country's milkfish industry, saddled over the years by an acute fry shortage problem, can now look forward to much better times. This optimistic outlook stems from the initial headway achieved by a project being supported ...
- March 25, 2001
Rizal town launches aquaculture program
Expect a better harvest of fish in the lakeside towns of Rizal province soon. The Jalajala municipal government has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Aquaculture-based Countryside Development Enterprise ...
- October 19, 2003