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Coastal towns welcome aquaculture technologies
The livelihood programs of a number of coastal as well as landlocked towns in the Visayas are now being boosted by aquaculture technologies being transferred to their fishfarming sector. Such technologies include raising ...
- March 31, 2000
Karpa, the new dominant fish species at De Bay
Milkfish is no longer dominant fish species raised in Laguna de Bay. Bighead carp, locally known as "karpa," has edge out bangus as the preferred fish for stocking in fishpens in the 90,000-hectare freshwater lake, according ...
- December 19, 2002
Biotechnology can trigger a ‘blue revolution’ – scientist
Biotechnology can trigger a new revolution – a "blue revolution". "Blue revolution" pertains to great strides in production of food of fish origin. This is specifically true for fishfarming or aquaculture, which has in ...
- September 15, 2002
Text inquiry service for fish prices available
Fish farmers can now get updates on the wholesale and retail prices of milkfish and tilapia for Metro Manila through their mobile phones. Such information can be made available by sending inquiries via text message to ...
- August 4, 2004
Rice farmer tries fish raising to fight hunger
A rice farmer in Brgy. Napnapan, Tigbaun, Iloilo hoping to improve his income - tries integrating aquaculture with rice farming. Bonifacio Terrania said after farming rice for more than 50 years, his life never improved. ...
- August 11, 2000
Capitol sets up center for 'rice-fish culture'
The Iloilo provincial government is setting up a fish hatchery in Cabatuan town, 20 kilometers north of this city, to promote the "appropriate technology" in "rice-fish culture". The Lowland Technology Development and ...
- February 28, 2000
Modern biotech lab in Iloilo nears completion
The construction of a modern biotechnology laboratory in this seaside town 24 kilometers west of Iloilo City is nearing completion. The Japanese government-funded, P431-million Laboratory for Advance Aquaculture Technologies ...
- December 28, 2002
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
Maya-maya, sea horse mow grow in captivity, boosting chances for intense breeding in ponds
This time it's red snapper (maya-maya) and sea gorse!. These are the latest marine species whose life cycles have been completed in captivity by researchers of the government-hosted Southeast Asian Fisheries Development ...
- January 18, 2001
Fish cages for research
Agriculture Undersecretary for Fisheries Cesar Drilon watches seabass (apahap) as they feed at the Igang Marine Substation in Nueva Valencia, Guimaras, of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture ...
- July 25, 2002